Mikijiro Hira
Born: 1933-11-21 in Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan
Died: 2016-10-22
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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
2016
- Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit as Holy Teacher
2015
- The Driver as Shigeru Saigo
- Legacy of Soma: Ao no Ran
- The God of Risk as Tokuma Tendo
2014
- The Round Table as Ishita
2013
- The Eternal Zero
- 唐版 滝の白糸
- Nameless Poison as Yoshichika Imada
2011
- Tibetan Dog as Adult Tenzin (voice)
- Ninja Kids!!!
- Onmitsu Hicho
2010
- 13 Assassins as Lord Doi
2009
- Goemon as Rikyu Sen
- Mission To Kill
2008
- AIBOU: The Movie as Kimihiko Mikuriya
2006
- Samurai Justice: The Female Bodyguard
- The Animal Trail as Kota Kito
2005
- Princess Raccoon as Azuchi Momoyama
- Samurai Justice: A Duel at Takadanobara
- Azumi 2: Death or Love as Masayuki Sanada
- Yoshitsune as Goshirakawa Emperor
2004
- Samurai Justice: Assistance in a Duel as Tanuma Okitsugu
2001
- Pistol Opera as Goro Hanada
- The Goblin of Mt. Kurama
1998
1995
- The Mystery of Rampo as Marquis Ogawara
1993
- Baian the Assassin: Showdown
- Three Generations of the Yagyu Sword as Yagyu Ishifunesai Munetoshi
1992
1991
- Saito Dosan: Rage of Power as Toshitaka Nagai
- Kumokiri Nizaemon: The Great Bandit
- 遊の人‐天下の御意見番 大久保彦左衛門‐
1990
- The Legend of Zipang as King of Zipang
1989
1988
- Oración
- Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis as Yasumasa Hirai
- Takeda Shingen
1987
1985
- The Empty Table as Kawabe
- Sure Death! Brown, You Bounder!
- Early Spring Story as Takenaka
1984
- The Street of Desire as Seijiro Igawa
1983
- Amagi Pass as Kenzo Onodera
- 誰もが信じられない！ as Kotaro, Iga Kanko's president
- Private Detective DOBU 6: The Origami Murder Case
- Private Detective DOBU 4: The Mysterious Kite Murders Case
- The Bored Samurai as Saotome Mondonosuke
- Battle Anthem as Emperor Meiji
- Undercover Ninja: Secret Assassins
- Shogunate Secret Ninja
1982
1981
1980
- Tokugawa Ichizoku no Houkai as Tokugawa Yoshinobu (15th Sho-Gun)
1977
- Flickering Flames
- Utamaro's World as Yume no ukihashi
1976
- Tenpo suiko-den: ohara yugaku as Yugaku Ohara
1973
- Kunitori Monogatari as Saito Dosan
1972
- Nemuri Kyoshiro as Mojiwaka
- Two Poor Ronins
1970
- Mominoki wa Nokotta as Harada Kai
1969
- Sky Scraper!
- Thousand Cranes as Kikuji Mitani
1968
- Horus: Prince of the Sun as Grunwald the Demon of Ice (voice)
1967
- Three Faces of Love as Kenkichi Katsuma
- Portrait of Chieko as Ishii
- Gomez's Name is Gomez as Katori
- River of Forever
- ゴメスの名はゴメス
1966
- The Face of Another as Dr. Hori
- Cash Calls Hell as Sengoku
- Ohana han as Captain Ijuin
- Warm Current as Yuzo Hibiki
1965
- Sword of the Beast as Yuuki Gennosuke
- Illusion of Blood as Sato Yomoshichi
- I'll Cry Alone
1964
- Three Outlaw Samurai as Einosuke Kikyo
- Adventures of Zatoichi as Gounosuke
- The Great Killing
- 売春地下組織
- The Third Ninja
- Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple as Yoshioka Denshichiro
- The Shape of Night as Eiji Kitami
1963
- Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style as Yoshioka Denshichiro
- Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai
- Life of Hishakaku 2
- A Fishmonger's Tour
- League of Gangsters as Miyajima
- Legends of Honor
- Sword of Solitude
- Sasuke and His Comedians as Hanzo Hattori
1962
1961
- The Red Shadow as Jûrôzaemon Mizuno
- The Orphan Brother as Jirô, eldest son (voice)
- 20 Duels of Young Shingo - Part 2
- Case of Umon: Woman of the Magic Lantern
- 20 Duels of Young Shingo - Part 1
- The Shogun and the Fishmonger
- Tange Sazen and the Princess
- Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region
- Samurai Knights
- Mask of the Moon
- Kirimaru Kirigakure
- A Young Warrior on Mount Fuji
- The South Sea Wolf as Takayanagi Kujuro
- Works of the Fish Man