Actor
· Acting
Mikijiro Hira
Born 1933-11-21
Died 2016-10-22
📍 Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan
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Mikijirō Hira (平 幹二朗 Hira Mikijirō) was a Japanese actor. Starting as a stage actor in the 1950s, he also worked in film and television and was active until the time of his death. From the 1970s he starred in several of Yukio Ninagawa's productions, including an acclaimed role as Macbeth. Described as "Japan's best Shakespearean actor", Hira received several awards throughout his career, including an excellence award at the 2011 National Arts Festival hosted by the Japanese government's Agency for Cultural Affairs.
Filmography 124
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
as Holy Teacher
2016
The God of Risk
as Tokuma Tendo
2015
Legacy of Soma: Ao no Ran
2015
The Round Table
as Ishita
2014
The Eternal Zero
2013
唐版 滝の白糸
2013
Nameless Poison
as Yoshichika Imada
2013
Onmitsu Hicho
2011
Ninja Kids!!!
2011
Tibetan Dog
as Adult Tenzin (voice)
2011
13 Assassins
as Lord Doi
2010
Goemon
as Rikyu Sen
2009
Mission To Kill
2009
AIBOU: The Movie
as Kimihiko Mikuriya
2008
Samurai Justice: The Female Bodyguard
2006
The Animal Trail
as Kota Kito
2006
Princess Raccoon
as Azuchi Momoyama
2005
Samurai Justice: A Duel at Takadanobara
2005
Azumi 2: Death or Love
as Masayuki Sanada
2005
Yoshitsune
as Goshirakawa Emperor
2005
Samurai Justice: Assistance in a Duel
as Tanuma Okitsugu
2004
Love & War of a Samurai
2003
Pistol Opera
as Goro Hanada
2001
The Goblin of Mt. Kurama
2001
Kenkaku Shōbai
1998
Sharan-Q no enka no hanamichi
1997
Tom Cat Holmes' Deduction
1996
The Mystery of Rampo
as Marquis Ogawara
1994
Baian the Assassin: Showdown
1993
Three Generations of the Yagyu Sword
as Yagyu Ishifunesai Munetoshi
1993
A Legend of Turmoil
1992
Saito Dosan: Rage of Power
as Toshitaka Nagai
1991
遊の人‐天下の御意見番 大久保彦左衛門‐
1991
The Legend of Zipang
as King of Zipang
1990
さよなら李香蘭
1989
Oración
1988
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
as Yasumasa Hirai
1988
Takeda Shingen
1988
Takeda Shingen
as Takeda Nobutora
1988
The Return of the Newshound and the Lady Cop
1987
Crisis at Edo Castle - Angry Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu
1987
The Empty Table
as Kawabe
1985
Early Spring Story
as Takenaka
1985
Sure Death! Brown, You Bounder!
1985
The Street of Desire
as Seijiro Igawa
1984
Private Detective DOBU 6: The Origami Murder Case
1983
Shogunate Secret Ninja
1983
Undercover Ninja: Secret Assassins
1983
Battle Anthem
as Emperor Meiji
1983
The Bored Samurai
as Saotome Mondonosuke
1983
Amagi Pass
as Kenzo Onodera
1983
Private Detective DOBU 4: The Mysterious Kite Murders Case
1983
Messengers to Satsuma
1982
Private Detective DOBU 3: The Exile Island Murder Case
1982
To Trap a Kidnapper
1982
The Shootout
as Takeda
1982
Private Detective DOBU 2: The Kyoto Murder Case
1982
Pinwheel Hamakichi’s Spell 2
1982
Willful Murder
as Okuno
1981
Pinwheel Hamakichi's Spell
1981
Private Detective DOBU 1
1981
Aoki Ookami Narukichiomoase no Shougai
as エスガイ
1980
Tokugawa Ichizoku no Houkai
as Tokugawa Yoshinobu (15th Sho-Gun)
1980
Utamaro's World
as Yume no ukihashi
1977
Flickering Flames
1977
The Tempō Outlaws of the Marsh
as Yugaku Ohara
1976
Kunitori Monogatari
as Saito Dosan
1973
Nemuri Kyoshiro
as Mojiwaka
1972
Mominoki wa Nokotta
as Harada Kai
1970
Sky Scraper!
1969
Thousand Cranes
as Kikuji Mitani
1969
Horus: Prince of the Sun
as Grunwald the Demon of Ice (voice)
1968
Portrait of Chieko
as Ishii
1967
Gomez's Name is Gomez
as Katori
1967
River of Forever
1967
Three Faces of Love
as Kenkichi Katsuma
1967
Ohana han
as Captain Ijuin
1966
The Face of Another
as Dr. Hori
1966
Warm Current
as Yuzo Hibiki
1966
Cash Calls Hell
as Sengoku
1966
Sword of the Beast
as Yuuki Gennosuke
1965
Illusion of Blood
as Sato Yomoshichi
1965
I'll Cry Alone
1965
Adventures of Zatoichi
as Gounosuke
1964
The Shape of Night
as Eiji Kitami
1964
The Great Killing
1964
Three Outlaw Samurai
as Einosuke Kikyo
1964
Tokyo Untouchables
1964
The Third Ninja
1964
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
as Yoshioka Denshichiro
1964
Sasuke and His Comedians
as Hanzo Hattori
1963
Legends of Honor
1963
Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style
as Yoshioka Denshichiro
1963
League of Gangsters
as Miyajima
1963
Life of Hishakaku 2
1963
Sword of Solitude
1963
Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai
1963
A Fishmonger's Tour
1963
The King
1962
Revenge for His Lover
1962
Skull Coins
1962
365 Nights
1962
Hibari the Traveling Performer
1962
Genkuro Yoshitsune
1962
Lady Sen and Hideyori
as Sakazaki Dewanokami
1962
Shiro Amakusa: The Christian Rebel
1962
The Inheritance
1962
The Red Shadow
as Jûrôzaemon Mizuno
1961
Works of the Fish Man
1961
The Orphan Brother
as Jirô, eldest son (voice)
1961
20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 2
1961
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region
1961
Samurai Knights
1961
Kirimaru Kirigakure
1961
Tange Sazen and the Princess
1961
Mask of the Moon
1961
A Young Warrior on Mount Fuji
1961
20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 1
1961
The Shogun and the Fishmonger
1961
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: Boss of the Tokai Region
1960
Sword of Destiny
1960
Shinran, Part II
1960
Kampai! Miai Kekkon
1958
The Forest Is Alive
1956