Mikijiro Hira
Actor
- Born
- November 21, 1933 · Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan
- Died
- October 22, 2016 (age 82)
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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.
Known for
13 Assassins
September 25, 2010
The Face of Another
July 15, 1966
Azumi 2: Death or Love
March 12, 2005
Goemon
March 17, 2009
Three Outlaw Samurai
May 13, 1964
Horus: Prince of the Sun
July 24, 1968
Sword of the Beast
September 18, 1965
The Eternal Zero
December 20, 2013
Adventures of Zatoichi
December 30, 1964
The Inheritance
February 16, 1962
The Great Killing
June 3, 1964
Pistol Opera
October 27, 2001
Acting117
- 2015The Driver as Shigeru Saigo
- 2015Legacy of Soma: Ao no Ran
- 2014The Round Table as Ishita
- 2013The Eternal Zero
- 2013唐版 滝の白糸
- 2011Onmitsu Hicho
- 2011Ninja Kids!!!
- 2011Tibetan Dog as Adult Tenzin (voice)
- 201013 Assassins as Lord Doi
- 2009Goemon as Rikyu Sen
- 2008AIBOU: The Movie