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Mikijiro Hira
Actor
Died October 22, 2016 (82 years)
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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.
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
Filmography
| 2016 | Cain and Abel (2016) (TV Series) · as Souichiro Takada |
| 2016 | Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit (2016) (TV Series) · as Holy Teacher |
| 2014 | Funeral Parade of St.Peter (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2014 | Entaku · as Ishita |
| 2013 | |
| 2013 | Keiji no Manazashi (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2013 | Namonaki doku (TV Series) · as Yoshichika Imada |
| 2011 | |
| 2011 | Tibetan Dog · as Adult Tenzin (voice) |
| 2010 | 13 Assassins · as Lord Doi |
| 2009 | Goemon · as Rikyu Sen |
| 2008 | AIBOU: The Movie · as Kimihiko Mikuriya |
| 2008 | Atsuhime (TV Series) · as Horosato Zusho |
| 2006 | Iryu Team Medical Dragon (TV Series) · as Shuzo Sakurai |
| 2006 | Kemonomichi (TV Series) · as Kota Kito |
| 2005 | Princess Raccoon · as Azuchi Momoyama |
| 2005 | Azumi 2: Death or Love · as Masayuki Sanada |
| 2005 | Yoshitsune (TV Series) · as Goshirakawa Emperor |
| 2001 | Pistol Opera · as Goro Hanada |
| 2001 | |
| 1994 | |
| 1992 | |
| 1992 | Nobunaga: King of Zipangu (TV Series) · as Kano Zuiten |
| 1990 | Zipang · as King Of Zipang |
| 1988 | Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis · as Yasumasa Hirai |
| 1985 | Family Without a Dinner Table · as Kawabe |
| 1985 | Early Spring Story · as Takenaka |
| 1985 | |
| 1984 | The Street of Desire · as Seijiro Igawa |
| 1983 | |
| 1983 | |
| 1983 | Battle Anthem · as Emperor Meiji |
| 1983 | Amagi Pass · as Kenzo Onodera |
| 1983 | |
| 1983 | The Bored Samurai · as Cast |
| 1982 | |
| 1982 | Kyôdan · as Takeda |
| 1982 | |
| 1982 | |
| 1982 | Messengers to Satsuma · as Cast |
| 1981 | Willful Murder · as Okuno |
| 1981 | |
| 1981 | Pinwheel Hamakichi's Spell · as Cast |
| 1977 | Utamaro's World · as Yume No Ukihashi |
| 1970 | Momi no Ki wa Nokotta (TV Series) · as Harada Kai |
| 1969 | Thousand Cranes · as Kikuji Mitani |
| 1968 | Horus: Prince of the Sun · as Grunwald The Demon Of Ice (voice) |
| 1967 | Portrait of Chieko · as Ishii |
| 1966 | The Face of Another · as Dr. Hori |
| 1966 | |
| 1965 | Sword of the Beast · as Yuuki Gennosuke |
| 1965 | Illusion of Blood · as Sato Yomoshichi |
| 1964 | Adventures of Zatoichi · as Gounosuke |
| 1964 | The Shape of Night · as Eiji Kitami |
| 1964 | |
| 1964 | Three Outlaw Samurai · as Einosuke Kikyo |
| 1964 | Miyamoto Musashi IV: Duel at Ichijyo-ji Temple · as Yoshioka Denshichiro |
| 1963 | Sanada fûunroku · as Hanzo Hattori |
| 1963 | |
| 1963 | Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of the Nito-ryu Style · as Yoshioka Denshichiro |
| 1963 | Gyangu domei · as Miyajima |
| 1963 | |
| 1962 | |
| 1962 | Lady Sen and Hideyori · as Sakazaki Dewanokami |
| 1962 | |
| 1962 | |
| 1961 | Akai kage-bôshi · as Jûrôzaemon Mizuno |
| 1961 | The Littlest Warrior · as Jirô, Eldest Son (voice) |
| 1961 |