Portrait of Hiroshi Kanbe

Acting

Hiroshi Kanbe

Career

Active from 1991 to 2018, with a break from 2006 to 2017, with up to 1 main title a year.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score79/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Twilight Samurai
The Twilight Samurai
GoodWatch score87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 11 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 6.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Hiroshi Kanbe Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Violence
    2.2, average 4.1
  • Scare
    0.9, average 2.6
  • Adrenaline
    3.3, average 4.8
  • Tension
    4.5, average 6.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Japanese Cinema 2
  • Character Study 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

21
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

1 title
On a Starry Night
On a Starry Night (2023)

TV show ยท as Food truck owner

2010s

8 titles ยท average score 69
Hoshi Meguri no Machi
Hoshi Meguri no Machi (2018)

as Goro

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blank13 (2018)
GoodWatch score 62

as Junichi Uchiyama

Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura
Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura (2017)
GoodWatch score 86

as Detective Osoreyama

Samurai Hustle Returns
Samurai Hustle Returns (2016)

as Mokichi

The Next Generation: Patlabor
The Next Generation: Patlabor (2014)

TV show

Thermae Romae
Thermae Romae (2012)
GoodWatch score 57

as Middle-aged man at bath

Always: Sunset on Third Street '64
Always: Sunset on Third Street '64 (2012)
GoodWatch score 71

as mailman

The Last Train Bound for Nagoya
The Last Train Bound for Nagoya (2012)

TV show

2000s

5 titles ยท average score 79
Kirato Saw Honorable Death With No Surrender ~ Mizuki Shigeru's War
Kirato Saw Honorable Death With No Surrender ~ Mizuki Shigeru's War (2008)

as Kayama

Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (2007)
GoodWatch score 75

as Telegraph clerk

Fly, Daddy, Fly
Fly, Daddy, Fly (2005)

as Ishizaki

Always - Sunset on Third Street
Always - Sunset on Third Street (2005)
GoodWatch score 74

as Postman

The Twilight Samurai
The Twilight Samurai (2002)
GoodWatch score 87

as Naota

1990s

7 titles ยท average score 72
Samurai Fiction
Samurai Fiction (1998)
GoodWatch score 74

as Gosuke

Give It All
Give It All (1998)
GoodWatch score 71

as Station Staff

Love Letter
Love Letter (1995)
GoodWatch score 67

as Haruo

The Files of the Young Kindaichi
The Files of the Young Kindaichi (1995)

TV show ยท as Travel agent

A Class to Remember
A Class to Remember (1993)
GoodWatch score 72

as Osamu

Nowhere Man
Nowhere Man (1991)

as Karuishi Yamakawa

Until the End of the World
Until the End of the World (1991)
GoodWatch score 77

as Hotel Guest