Sadao Abe

Sadao Abe (阿部 サダヲ, Abe Sadao, born Abe Takashi (阿部 隆史); April 23, 1970) is a Japanese actor, stage actor and musician from Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. He started his acting career after joining a theater company/talent agency, Otona Keikaku, in around 1992 and gained his popularity after the drama series Team Medical Dragon and as being the lead singer of the Japanese comedy rock band Group Tamashii.

Abe was nominated for best actor in the 31st Japanese Academy Award for Maiko Haaaan!!!.

Discography

Filmography

Film

• Naked Blood (1995) as Eiji Kure
• Uzumaki (2000) as Mitsuru Yamaguchi
• Kamikaze Girls (2004) as Ryuji 'the Unicorn'/Doctor
• The Great Yokai War (2005)
• Yaji and Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims (2005)
• Helen the Baby Fox (2006)
• Ten Nights of Dream (segment - The 6th Night) (2006)
• Kisarazu Cat's Eye: World Series (2006) as Kaoru Nekota
• Maiko Haaaan!!! (2007) as Kimihiko Onizuka
• Paco and the Magical Picture Book (2008) as Horigome
• Yatterman (2009) as Dr. Kaieda
• Gothic Lolita Battle Bear (2013) as teddy bear (voice)
• Parasyte: Part 1 (2014) as Migi (voice)
• Parasyte: Part 2 (2015) as Migi (voice)
• The Magnificent Nine (2016) as Juzaburo Kokudaya

Television

• Ikebukuro West Gate Park (2000) as Hamaguchi
• Kisarazu Cat's Eye (2002) as Kaoru Nekota
• Unfair (2006) as Kokubo Yuji
• Dare Yorimo Mama wo Ai su (2006) as Pinko
• Iryu (Team Medical Dragon) (2006) as Monji Arase
• First Kiss (2007) as Masaru Nikaido
• Iryu 2 (Team Medical Dragon 2) (2007) as Monji Arase
• Marumo no Okite (2011) as Mamoru Takagi (Marumo)
• Keisei Saimin no Otoko Part 2 (2015) as Ichizō Kobayashi
• Onna jōshu Naotora (2017) as Tokugawa Ieyasu

External links

• Sadao Abe at the Internet Movie Database
• Unofficial Sadao Abe homepage (Japanese)