Kengo Kora
Appearance
Kengo Kora | |
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![]() Kora in 2016 | |
Born | |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2005 - present |
Kengo Kora (高良 健吾, Kōra Kengo, born November 12, 1987) is a Japanese actor.
Career
Kora has gained recognition for his roles in films such as Shinji Aoyama's Sad Vacation,[1] Yukio Ninagawa's Snakes and Earrings,[2] Tran Anh Hung's Norwegian Wood,[3] Ryuichi Hiroki's The Egoists,[4] Yoshihiro Fukagawa's Into the White Night,[5] and Koji Wakamatsu's The Millennial Rapture.[6]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2006 | The Inugamis | Young Sahei Inugami | Uncredited | |
Metro ni Notte | ||||
The Summer of Stickleback | Sho Sugimoto | |||
2007 | M | Minoru | ||
Sad Vacation | Yusuke Mamiya | |||
Fuckin' Runaway | Takeshi | |||
2008 | Snakes and Earrings | Ama | ||
108 | Junpei Sasaki | |||
2009 | Antarctic Chef | |||
The Crab Cannery Ship | ||||
The Vulture | ||||
Fish Story | Goro | |||
Zen | ||||
2010 | Norwegian Wood | Kizuki | ||
The Lightning Tree | Tomozo | |||
Fireworks from the Heart | Taro Suto | Lead role | ||
Box! | Yūki | |||
A Crowd of Three | Lead role | |||
Solanin | Naruo Taneda | Lead role | ||
Bandage | Yukiya | |||
2011 | The Egoists | Kazuhiko Ninomiya | Lead role | |
Tada's Do-It-All House | Hoshi | |||
Into the White Night | Ryoji Kirihara | Lead role | ||
The Woodsman and the Rain | Kōichi | |||
2012 | Signal | Reiji Urushida | ||
Kueki Ressha | Shoji Kusakabe | |||
Kitsutsuki to Ame | Koichi Kishi | |||
The Millennial Rapture | Hanzō | Lead role | ||
2013 | The Story of Yonosuke | Yonosuke Yokomichi | Lead role | |
A Tale of Samurai Cooking | Yasunobu Funaki | |||
Roommate | Kensuke Kudo | |||
Beyond the Memories | Kazue Haruta | |||
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya | Sutemaru (voice) | |||
2014 | My Man | Ozaki | ||
2015 | The Mourner | Shizuto Sakatsuki | Lead role | |
Miss Hokusai | Kuninao Utagawa (voice) | |||
Being Good | Tadashi Okano | Lead role | ||
2016 | Utsukushii Hito | Tamaya | ||
Kako: My Sullen Past | Yasunori | |||
Bitter Honey | Ryūnosuke Akutagawa | |||
Shin Godzilla | Yusuke Shimura | |||
2017 | Moon and Lightning | Satoshi | Lead role | |
Side Job | Miura | |||
2018 | Shoplifters | Takumi Maezono | ||
Natsume's Book of Friends Movie | Mukuo Tsumura (voice) | |||
Dare to Stop Us | Ken Yoshizawa | |||
2019 | Love's Twisting Path | Tajūrō | Lead role | |
Talking the Pictures | Takayuki Mogi | |||
No Longer Human | Yukio Mishima | |||
The Master of Funerals | Daisuke Toyokawa | |||
Under Your Bed | Mitsui | Lead role | ||
Noroshi ga Yobu | Short film | |||
2020 | Town Without Sea | Kobayashi | [7] | |
Under the Stars | [8] | |||
2021 | Aristocrats | Kōichirō Aoki | [9] | |
Photograph of Memories | Ichirō Hoshino | [10] | ||
Remain in Twilight | Kin'ichi | [11] | ||
2022 | The Three Sisters of Tenmasou Inn | Kazuma | [12] | |
2 Women | [13] | |||
2023 | In Her Room | [14] | ||
The Water Flows to the Sea | Shigemichi "Nigemichi" Utagawa | [15] | ||
G-Men | Kaoru Date | [16] | ||
Tokyo Revengers 2: Bloody Halloween Part 1 | Shin'ichirō | [17] | ||
Masked Hearts | [18] | |||
2024 | Sin and Evil | Haru | Lead role | [19] |
Rainy Blue | [20] | |||
The Voices at War | Morio Tateno | [21] | ||
Route 29 | [22] |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2011 | Sunshine | Kazunari Maruyama | Asadora | |
2012 | Crime and Punishment: A Falsified Romance | Miroku Tachi | Lead role | |
2015 | Burning Flower | Takasugi Shinsaku | Taiga drama | |
2016 | Love That Makes You Cry | Ren Soda | Lead role | [23] |
Beppin san | Kiyoshi Nogami | Asadora | ||
2017 | Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit | Raul | ||
2018 | Bye Bye, Black Bird | Lead role | ||
2019 | Two Homelands | Tadashi Amō | TV movie | [24] |
Yume-Shokudō no Ryōrinin | Lead role, TV movie | [25] | ||
Motokare Mania | Makoto "Makochi" Saitō | Lead role | [26] | |
2021 | Reach Beyond the Blue Sky | Shibusawa Kisaku | Taiga drama | [27] |
Anata no Soba de Ashita ga Warau | TV movie | [28] | ||
Isoroku Yamamoto in London | Sadatoshi Tomioka | TV movie | [29] | |
2022 | Modern Love Tokyo | Episode 2 | [30] | |
2024 | 1122: For a Happy Marriage | Shiro Kashiwagi | [31] | |
House of Ninjas | Gaku Tawara | [32] |
Awards
Year | Award | Category | Work(s) | Result | Ref. |
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2010 | 23rd Nikkan Sports Film Award | Yūjirō Ishihara Newcomer Award | Fireworks from the Heart and Solanin | Won | |
2011 | 20th Japan Film Professional Awards | Best New Encouragement | A Crowd of Three | Won | |
2012 | 35th Japan Academy Film Prize | Newcomer of the Year | The Egoists | Won | |
36th Elan d'or Awards | Newcomer of the Year | Himself | Won | [33] | |
2013 | 36th Japan Academy Film Prize | Best Supporting Actor | Kueki Ressha | Nominated | |
2014 | 23rd Japan Film Professional Awards | Best Actor | A Story of Yonosuke | Won | |
56th Blue Ribbon Awards | Best Actor | Won | |||
2015 | 28th Nikkan Sports Film Award | Best Actor | The Mourner and Being Good | Won |
References
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- ^ Croce, Fernando F. (2 January 2012). "Norwegian Wood - Film Review - Slant Magazine". Slant Magazine.
- ^ Lee, Maggie (25 April 2012). "The Egoists - Variety". Variety.
- ^ Romney, Jonathan (13 February 2011). "Into The White Night - Review - Screen". Screen International.
- ^ Young, Neil (3 September 2012). "The Millennial Rapture (Sennen no Yuraku): Venice Review - The Hollywood Reporter". The Hollywood Reporter.
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- ^ "高良健吾×新田真剣佑、『二つの祖国』初共演対談 「考えるきっかけになれば」". Oricon. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
- ^ "高良健吾さん主演!『夢食堂の料理人~1964東京オリンピック選手村物語~』7月23日放送!". NHK. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
- ^ "新木優子:地上波ドラマ初主演で"恋愛下手女子"に 高良健吾と初共演でラブコメ". Mantan-web. Retrieved July 19, 2019.
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- ^ "綾瀬はるかと池松壮亮が共演、東日本大震災特集ドラマがNHKで制作開始". Natalie. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
- ^ "香取慎吾主演『倫敦ノ山本五十六』追加キャストに高良健吾&片岡愛之助ら メインビジュアルも公開". Oricon. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
- ^ "『モダンラブ・東京』新キャストに高良健吾、三浦透子ら 本予告&キービジュアルも公開". Real Sound. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
- ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (January 23, 2024). "Live-Action 1122: For a Happy Marriage Series Reveals More Cast, June Amazon Prime Debut". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on January 23, 2024. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
- ^ "賀来賢人主演・原案『忍びの家 House of Ninjas』、Netflixで2024年配信". Crank-in!. Retrieved September 9, 2022.
- ^ エランドール賞歴代受賞者一覧 [List of Élan d'Or awardee] (in Japanese). All Nippon Producers Association. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
External links
- Official profile (in Japanese)
- Kengo Kora at IMDb