Kengo Kora Explained

Kengo Kora
Birth Date:	12 November 1987
Birth Place:	Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan
Occupation:	Actor
Yearsactive:	2005 - present

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
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
	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
	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
2011	Sunshine	Kazunari Maruyama	Asadora
2012		Miroku Tachi	Lead role
2015	Burning Flower
2016	Love That Makes You Cry	Ren Soda	Lead role	^[23]
	Beppin san	Kiyoshi Nogami	Asadora
2017		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		Shiro Kashiwagi		^[31]
	House of Ninjas	Gaku Tawara		^[32]

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Work(s)	Result
2010	23rd Nikkan Sports Film Award	Yūjirō Ishihara Newcomer Award	Fireworks from the Heart and Solanin
2011	20th Japan Film Professional Awards	Best New Encouragement	A Crowd of Three
2012	35th Japan Academy Film Prize	Newcomer of the Year	The Egoists
	36th Elan d'or Awards	Newcomer of the Year	Himself		^[33]
2013	36th Japan Academy Film Prize	Best Supporting Actor	Kueki Ressha
2014	23rd Japan Film Professional Awards	Best Actor	A Story of Yonosuke
	56th Blue Ribbon Awards	Best Actor
2015	28th Nikkan Sports Film Award	Best Actor	The Mourner and Being Good

External links

• Official profile

Notes and References

1. Web site: 'Sad Vacation' - The Japan Times. The Japan Times. Mark. Schilling. 7 September 2007.
2. Web site: NYAFF 09 Review: SNAKES AND EARRINGS. Twitch Film. Todd. Brown. 24 June 2009.
3. Web site: Norwegian Wood - Film Review - Slant Magazine. Slant Magazine. Fernando F.. Croce. 2 January 2012.
4. Web site: The Egoists - Variety. Variety. Maggie. Lee. 25 April 2012.
5. Web site: Into The White Night - Review - Screen. Screen International. Jonathan. Romney. 13 February 2011.
6. Web site: The Millennial Rapture (Sennen no Yuraku): Venice Review - The Hollywood Reporter. The Hollywood Reporter. Neil. Young. 3 September 2012.
7. Web site: 夏、至るころ. January 19, 2021. eiga.com.
8. Web site: 芦田愛菜主演「星の子」に岡田将生、大友康平、高良健吾、黒木華らが出演！ 本予告も完成. August 19, 2020. eiga.com.
9. Web site: 門脇麦×水原希子「あのこは貴族」に、高良健吾＆石橋静河＆山下リオ参戦！ 特報＆ティザービジュアル披露. September 24, 2020. eiga.com.
10. Web site: おもいで写眞. January 19, 2021. eiga.com.
11. Web site: 成田凌と松居大悟のタッグ作「くれなずめ」公開、共演に高良健吾や若葉竜也. December 3, 2020. Natalie.
12. Web site: 天間荘の三姉妹. July 15, 2022. eiga.com.
13. Web site: あちらにいる鬼. August 31, 2022. eiga.com.
14. Web site: ひとりぼっちじゃない. September 13, 2022. eiga.com.
15. Web site: 水は海に向かって流れる. February 10, 2023. eiga.com.
16. Web site: Gメン. March 16, 2023. eiga.com.
17. Web site: 高良健吾、映画「東京リベンジャーズ2」でマイキーの兄・真一郎役！. March 24, 2023. eiga.com.
18. Web site: 愛にイナズマ. June 28, 2023. eiga.com.
19. Web site: 罪と悪. October 18, 2023. eiga.com.
20. Web site: レイニーブルー. April 30, 2024. eiga.com.
21. Web site: 劇場版 アナウンサーたちの戦争. 25 July 2024. eiga.com.
22. Web site: ルート29. 30 July 2024. eiga.com.
23. Web site: http://mdpr.jp/news/detail/1572801. ja:有村架純×高良健吾「いつ恋」最終回、長い恋模様の結末は？視聴者の“余韻”収まらず. 2016-06-06. modelpress. ja.
24. Web site: 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」. January 10, 2021. Oricon.
25. Web site: 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！. July 16, 2019. NHK.
26. Web site: 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. July 19, 2019. Mantan-web.
27. Web site: 2021年大河ドラマ「青天を衝け」出演者発表！＜第１弾＞. July 16, 2020. NHK.
28. Web site: 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. October 13, 2020. Natalie.
29. Web site: 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. December 9, 2021. Oricon.
30. Web site: 『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. September 21, 2022. Real Sound.
31. Web site: Pineda. Rafael Antonio. Live-Action 1122: For a Happy Marriage Series Reveals More Cast, June Amazon Prime Debut. Anime News Network. February 18, 2024. January 23, 2024. January 23, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240123035453/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-01-22/live-action-1122-for-a-happy-marriage-series-reveals-more-cast-june-amazon-prime-debut/.206760. live.
32. Web site: 賀来賢人主演・原案『忍びの家 House of Ninjas』、Netflixで2024年配信. September 9, 2022. Crank-in!.
33. Web site: https://www.producer.or.jp/elandor-list.html. ja:エランドール賞歴代受賞者一覧. List of Élan d'Or awardee. January 25, 2019. All Nippon Producers Association. ja.