Abe's new drama "Todai Special Training Class 2" starring Abe Kuan has a red disk, in which he plays a lawyer who was once a tyrannical family. (Courtesy of Chu Doraemi Entertainment)
Japanese actor Hiroshi Abe 15 years ago performed "Todai Special Training Class" to create a topic and high ratings, and recently he and Nagasawa Masami, who played a student and now perform as a lawyer, once again joined hands with "Todai Special Training Class 2", and after the broadcast, the ratings once again opened a red disk, adding good results to his acting career.
Abe, who seems to be smooth sailing, actually owed hundreds of millions of yen in debt. He acted in a drama to pay off his debts without picking the subject matter, and over the years he actually honed his acting skills, and became popular with the role of professor Wei Jia in the Japanese drama "Trap", he laughed and said: "After people are forced to be anxious, they will stimulate potential that even they have not discovered."
Abe and Masami Nagasawa collaborated again to perform "Todai Special Training Class 2" together. (Courtesy of Chu Doraemi Entertainment)
The 56-year-old Abe participated in the "3rd Non-No Boyfriend Awards" held by Shueisha in his first year of college in 1985, and he stood out from the crowd of contestants with a height of 189 centimeters and a thick eyebrow and big eyes. The following year, he became the cover of the inaugural issue of men's fashion magazine MEN'S NON-NO as the number one male model, and until the December 1989 issue, he appeared on the cover of the same magazine 43 times.
In 1987, he embarked on the road to acting through the movie "Lady", but his handsome and tall appearance that he was invincible in the modeling industry unexpectedly became a stumbling block to his transformation, because there were not many actresses who could match his height, and his acting skills were young and stiff, so the job offers were gradually decreasing. "I entered the show business with the mentality of playing tickets, and soon faced the crisis of being eliminated, after which I went through a low tide of about 7 or 8 years, and was once introduced by the weekly magazine as a former artist, when the model was popular everywhere when I was a child, after the popularity fell, the past scenery deepened my sense of inferiority." 」
Originally a popular male model, Abe Kan turned to the television circle, but due to his outstanding appearance and body shape, the opportunity to perform was sharply reduced, and his popularity fell into a low tide. (Courtesy of Chu Doraemi Entertainment)
What is even more tragic is that he invested in real estate at the suggestion of his friends, invested in the savings earned when he was a model, and the insufficient part was borrowed from the bank to make up for it, but he did not expect to encounter the bursting of the housing bubble, the money was not earned before he owed a large debt, and at the age of 23, he lived a dismal life of debt, until the age of 43, he finally paid it off, and some Japanese media estimated that his debt at that time exceeded 200 million yen (about NT$50 million).
Caught in the predicament of no money and no job, he once had 3 years to play Bai Qingge in exchange for gifts or gift certificates to survive, and occasionally went to the countryside to run activities, as long as he could make money and go farther, he was willing to go. Ironically, the driving force that has sustained him all the way and made him insist on continuing to act is the debt that awaits him to repay.
Abe Hiroshi filmed dramas to pay off debts, and has acted in many underworld and violent action movies. (Courtesy of Chu Doraemi Entertainment)
In 1993, he broke through the image of a handsome man and played a bisexual police officer in the stage play "The Murders in Atami", "I completely unloaded the burden imposed on me, stood on the stage in heavy makeup and dressed in a dress, and later I saw the media write "Abe In this work is exciting", which should be the first time I have been praised since my debut, and no one has ever praised me before this, which is a great encouragement for me."
The following year, he won the Special Prize of the 4th Japan Film Professional Awards for his performances in the underworld and violent films "Osaka Extreme War" and "Cursed Pistol", "I also received some roles that required large-scale nudity, I did not refuse nor was I afraid of losing face, I just thought that this performance would have the next invitation, and the more imageless the more interesting the role, I didn't need to tie my hands and feet to set up a star aura." 」
In Mature Men Don't Marry, Abe Playing a single architect who is difficult and. (Courtesy of Chu Doraemi Entertainment)