Mikijiro Hira
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1933-11-21 (83 years old)
Deathday
2016-10-22
Place of Birth
Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
Also known As
平 幹二朗
平干二朗
Микидзиро Хира
Mikijiro Hira
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.
Acting
2005
as Masayuki Sanada
2009
as Rikyu Sen
1966
as Dr. Hori
2005
as Azuchi Momoyama
1965
as Yuuki Gennosuke
1968
as Grunwald the Demon of Ice (voice)
1977
as Yume no ukihashi
1964
as Gounosuke
1988
as Yasumasa Hirai
1966
1964
as Einosuke Kikyo
1962
2013
2011
2001
as Goro Hanada
1990
as King of Zipang
1969
2011
1962
2014
as Ishita
2010
as Lord Doi
1995
as Marquis Ogawara
1967
1960
1983
as Saotome Mondonosuke
1962
1983
as Emperor Meiji
1965
as Sato Yomoshichi
1964
as Eiji Kitami
1962
1964
2008
as Kimihiko Mikuriya
1985
as Takenaka
1961
1964
as Yoshioka Denshichiro
1963
as Yoshioka Denshichiro
1969
as Kikuji Mitani
1963
as Hanzo Hattori
1967
as Ishii
1967
as Kenkichi Katsuma
1991
as Toshitaka Nagai
1961
as Jirô, eldest son (voice)
1985
as Kawabe
1961
as Takayanagi Kujuro
1961
2004
as Tanuma Okitsugu
1963
as Miyajima
1963
2015
as Shigeru Saigo
1984
as Seijiro Igawa
1961
as Jûrôzaemon Mizuno
1982
as Takeda
1960
1962
as Sakazaki Dewanokami
1981
as Okuno
1988
1983
as Kenzo Onodera
1966
as Yuzo Hibiki
1976
as Yugaku Ohara
1980
as Tokugawa Yoshinobu (15th Sho-Gun)
2011
as Adult Tenzin (voice)
1965
1983
as Kotaro, Iga Kanko's president
1964
1966
as Captain Ijuin
1967
as Katori
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