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Mikijiro Hira

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, 1933-11-21

Died: 2016-10-22

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1956	The Forest Is Alive		0
2	1958	Kampai! Miai Kekkon		0
3	1960	Shinran, Part II		0
4	1960	Sword of Destiny		60
5	1960	Jirocho’s Days of Youth: Boss of the Tokai Region		0
6	1961	20 Duels of Young Shingo - Part 1		0
7	1961	The Shogun and the Fishmonger		57
8	1961	A Young Warrior on Mount Fuji		43
9	1961	Mask of the Moon		0
10	1961	Kirimaru Kirigakure		0
11	1961	Tange Sazen and the Princess		52
12	1961	Samurai Knights		0
13	1961	Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region		0
14	1961	20 Duels of Young Shingo - Part 2		0
15	1961	The South Sea Wolf	Takayanagi Kujuro	52
16	1961	The Orphan Brother	Jirô, eldest son (voice)	61
17	1961	Case of Umon: Woman of the Magic Lantern		0
18	1961	Works of the Fish Man		50
19	1961	The Red Shadow	Jûrôzaemon Mizuno	64
20	1962	The Inheritance		72
21	1962	The Christian Revolt		62
22	1962	Lady Sen and Hideyori	Sakazaki Dewanokami	80
23	1962	Genkuro Yoshitsune		0
24	1962	Hibari the Traveling Performer		0
25	1962	365 Nights		0
26	1962	Skull Coins		0
27	1962	Revenge for His Lover		0
28	1962	The King		0
29	1963	A Fishmonger's Tour		0
30	1963	Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai		90
31	1963	Life of Hishakaku 2		82
32	1963	League of Gangsters	Miyajima	75
33	1963	Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style	Yoshioka Denshichiro	70
34	1963	Legends of Honor		0
35	1963	Sasuke and His Comedians	Hanzo Hattori	58
36	1964	Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple	Yoshioka Denshichiro	70
37	1964	The Third Ninja		70
38	1964	売春地下組織		0
39	1964	Three Outlaw Samurai	Einosuke Kikyo	75
40	1964	The Great Killing		75
41	1964	The Shape of Night	Eiji Kitami	66
42	1964	Adventures of Zatoichi	Gounosuke	67
43	1965	I'll Cry Alone		0
44	1965	Illusion of Blood	Sato Yomoshichi	62
45	1965	Sword of the Beast	Yuuki Gennosuke	75
46	1966	Cash Calls Hell		76
47	1966	Warm Current	Yuzo Hibiki	0
48	1966	The Face of Another	Dr. Hori	78
49	1966	Ohana han	Captain Ijuin	0
50	1967	Three Faces of Love	Kenkichi Katsuma	0
51	1967	River of Forever		0
52	1967	Gomez's Name is Gomez	Katori	0
53	1967	Portrait of Chieko	Ishii	0
54	1968	Horus: Prince of the Sun	Grunwald the Demon of Ice (voice)	63
55	1969	Thousand Cranes	Kikuji Mitani	83
56	1969	Sky Scraper!		0
57	1976	Tenpo suiko-den: ohara yugaku	Yugaku Ohara	0
58	1977	Utamaro's World	Yume no ukihashi	56
59	1977	Flickering Flames		100
60	1980	Tokugawa Ichizoku no Houkai	Tokugawa Yoshinobu (15th Sho-Gun)	0
61	1981	Private Detective DOBU 1		0
62	1981	Pinwheel Hamakichi's Spell		0
63	1981	Willful Murder	Okuno	73
64	1982	Pinwheel Hamakichi’s Spell 2		0
65	1982	Private Detective DOBU 2: The Kyoto Murder Case		0
66	1982	The Shootout	Takeda	50
67	1982	To Trap a Kidnapper		60
68	1982	Private Detective DOBU 3: The Exile Island Murder Case		0
69	1982	Messengers to Satsuma		0
70	1983	Private Detective DOBU 4: The Mysterious Kite Murders Case		0
71	1983	Amagi Pass	Kenzo Onodera	67
72	1983	The Bored Samurai	Saotome Mondonosuke	0
73	1983	Battle Anthem	Emperor Meiji	70
74	1983	誰もが信じられない！	Kotaro, Iga Kanko's president	0
75	1983	Undercover Ninja: Secret Assassins		0
76	1983	Shogunate Secret Ninja		0
77	1983	Private Detective DOBU 6: The Origami Murder Case		0
78	1984	The Street of Desire	Seijiro Igawa	0
79	1985	Sure Death! Brown, You Bounder!		60
80	1985	Early Spring Story	Takenaka	63
81	1985	The Empty Table	Kawabe	53
82	1987	The Return of the Newshound and the Lady Cop		55
83	1988	Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis	Yasumasa Hirai	62
84	1988	Oración		60
85	1990	The Legend of Zipang	King of Zipang	56
86	1991	遊の人‐天下の御意見番大久保彦左衛門‐		0
87	1991	Saito Dosan: Rage of Power	Toshitaka Nagai	65
88	1991	Kumokiri Nizaemon: The Great Bandit		40
89	1992	A Legend of Turmoil		75
90	1993	Baian the Assassin: Showdown		0
91	1995	The Mystery of Rampo	Marquis Ogawara	70
92	1996	Tom Cat Holmes' Deduction		0
93	1998	Tunnel Fantasy: Dream Legend of Tonkararin		0
94	2001	The Goblin of Mt. Kurama		0
95	2001	Pistol Opera	Goro Hanada	62
96	2004	Samurai Justice: Assistance in a Duel	Tanuma Okitsugu	0
97	2005	Azumi 2: Death or Love	Masayuki Sanada	66
98	2005	Samurai Justice: A Duel at Takadanobara		0
99	2005	Princess Raccoon	Azuchi Momoyama	55
100	2006	Samurai Justice: The Female Bodyguard		0
101	2008	AIBOU: The Movie	Kimihiko Mikuriya	68
102	2009	Goemon	Rikyu Sen	69
103	2010	13 Assassins	Lord Doi	73
104	2011	Tibetan Dog	Adult Tenzin (voice)	65
105	2011	Onmitsu Hicho		40
106	2011	Ninja Kids!!!		58
107	2013	The Eternal Zero		70
108	2014	The Round Table	Ishita	73
109	2015	Legacy of Soma: Ao no Ran		50
110	2015	The Driver	Shigeru Saigo	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1967	ゴメスの名はゴメス		0
2	1970	Mominoki wa Nokotta	Harada Kai	0
3	1972	Two Poor Ronins		0
4	1972	Nemuri Kyoshiro	Mojiwaka	0
5	1973	Kunitori Monogatari	Saito Dosan	0
6	1987	Crisis at Edo Castle - Angry Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu		0
7	1988	Takeda Shingen		75
8	1988	Takeda Shingen	Takeda Nobutora	75
9	1989	さよなら李香蘭		0
10	1993	Three Generations of the Yagyu Sword	Yagyu Ishifunesai Munetoshi	0
11	1998	Kenkaku Shōbai		0
12	2003	Love & War of a Samurai		0
13	2005	Yoshitsune	Goshirakawa Emperor	85
14	2006	The Animal Trail	Kota Kito	60
15	2009	Mission To Kill		70
16	2013	Nameless Poison	Yoshichika Imada	80
17	2015	The God of Risk	Tokuma Tendo	70
18	2016	Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit	Holy Teacher	76