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 God of Risk as Tokuma Tendo
- The Driver as Shigeru Saigo
- Legacy of Soma: Ao no Ran
2014
- The Round Table as Ishita
2013
- Nameless Poison as Yoshichika Imada
- The Eternal Zero
- 唐版 滝の白糸
2011
- Ninja Kids!!!
- Tibetan Dog as Adult Tenzin (voice)
- Onmitsu Hicho
2010
- 13 Assassins as Lord Doi
2009
- Mission To Kill
- Goemon as Rikyu Sen
2008
- AIBOU: The Movie as Kimihiko Mikuriya
2006
- The Animal Trail as Kota Kito
- Samurai Justice: The Female Bodyguard
2005
- Yoshitsune as Goshirakawa Emperor
- Azumi 2: Death or Love as Masayuki Sanada
- Princess Raccoon as Azuchi Momoyama
- Samurai Justice: A Duel at Takadanobara
2004
- Samurai Justice: Assistance in a Duel as Tanuma Okitsugu
2001
- Pistol Opera as Goro Hanada
- The Goblin of Mt. Kurama
1998
1994
- The Mystery of Rampo as Marquis Ogawara
1993
- Three Generations of the Yagyu Sword as Yagyu Ishifunesai Munetoshi
- Baian the Assassin: Showdown
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
- Takeda Shingen
- Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis as Yasumasa Hirai
- Oración
1987
1985
- Sure Death! Brown, You Bounder!
- Early Spring Story as Takenaka
- The Empty Table as Kawabe
1984
- The Street of Desire as Seijiro Igawa
1983
- Amagi Pass as Kenzo Onodera
- Battle Anthem as Emperor Meiji
- The Bored Samurai as Saotome Mondonosuke
- Private Detective DOBU 6: The Origami Murder Case
- Undercover Ninja: Secret Assassins
- Private Detective DOBU 4: The Mysterious Kite Murders Case
- Shogunate Secret Ninja
- 誰もが信じられない！ as Kotaro, Iga Kanko's president
1982
1981
1980
- Tokugawa Ichizoku no Houkai as Tokugawa Yoshinobu (15th Sho-Gun)
- Aoki Ookami Narukichiomoase no Shougai as エスガイ
1977
- Utamaro's World as Yume no ukihashi
- Flickering Flames
1976
- The Tempō Outlaws of the Marsh 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
- Thousand Cranes as Kikuji Mitani
- Sky Scraper!
1968
- Horus: Prince of the Sun as Grunwald the Demon of Ice (voice)
1967
- ゴメスの名はゴメス
- Three Faces of Love as Kenkichi Katsuma
- River of Forever
- Portrait of Chieko as Ishii
- Gomez's Name is Gomez as Katori
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
- Tokyo Untouchables
- The Great Killing
- The Shape of Night as Eiji Kitami
- Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple as Yoshioka Denshichiro
- Adventures of Zatoichi as Gounosuke
- The Third Ninja
1963
- Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style as Yoshioka Denshichiro
- League of Gangsters as Miyajima
- Sasuke and His Comedians as Hanzo Hattori
- Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai
- Life of Hishakaku 2
- Legends of Honor
- A Fishmonger's Tour
- Sword of Solitude
1962
1961
- The Orphan Brother as Jirô, eldest son (voice)
- A Young Warrior on Mount Fuji
- The Shogun and the Fishmonger
- Mask of the Moon
- 20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 2
- 20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 1
- Tange Sazen and the Princess
- Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region
- Works of the Fish Man
- Kirimaru Kirigakure
- Case of Umon: Woman of the Magic Lantern
- The South Sea Wolf as Takayanagi Kujuro
- The Red Shadow as Jûrôzaemon Mizuno
- Samurai Knights