Mikijirō Hira
Japanese actor (1933-2016) · Japan · On the map · Actors · Died at 82
Mikijirō Hira 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.
Mikijirō Hira is read about 412 times a day, in 8 languages.
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Moribito: Guardian of the SpiritSeries, 2016Holy Teacher2014
The Round TableFilm, Ishita2013
Nameless PoisonSeries, Yoshichika Imada2011
Ninja Kids!!!Film2010
13 AssassinsFilm, Lord Doi2008
AIBOU: The MovieFilm, Kimihiko Mikuriya2006
The Animal TrailSeries, Kota Kito2005
YoshitsuneSeries, Goshirakawa Emperor2001
Pistol OperaFilm, Goro Hanada1998Medal with Purple RibbonAward
Kenkaku ShōbaiSeries, 19981994
The Mystery of RampoFilm, Marquis Ogawara1989
さよなら李香蘭Series1988
Tokyo: The Last MegalopolisFilm, Yasumasa Hirai1987
Crisis at Edo Castle - Angry Shogun Tokugawa IemitsuSeries1983
Amagi PassFilm, Kenzo Onodera1980
Aoki Ookami Narukichiomoase no ShougaiSeries, エスガイ1977
Utamaro's WorldFilm, Yume no ukihashi1972
Nemuri KyoshiroSeries, Mojiwaka1969
Thousand CranesFilm, Kikuji Mitani1967ゴメスの名はゴメスSeries1966
Cash Calls HellFilm, Sengoku1964
Adventures of ZatoichiFilm, Gounosuke1963
Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword StyleFilm, Yoshioka Denshichiro1961
A Young Warrior on Mount FujiFilm1933Born21 November 1933People around Mikijirō
Hideo Gosha Directed Three Outlaw Samurai (1964)
Noboru Nakamura Directed Portrait of Chieko and Lost Spring
Takashi Miike Directed 13 Assassins and Ninja Kids!!!
Seijun Suzuki Directed Pistol Opera and Princess Raccoon
Kunie Tanaka Also in Sword of the Beast (1965)
Hisashi Igawa Also in Three Outlaw Samurai and Cash Calls Hell
Isao Kimura Also in Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style (1963)
Tetsurō Tamba Produced Three Outlaw Samurai (1964)
Eiji Okada Also in The Face of Another (1967)
Shima Iwashita Also in Portrait of Chieko (1967)
Arata Furuta Also in Ninja Kids!!! and The God of Risk
Eijirō Tōno Also in Theater of Life: Return of Hishakaku (1963)
Masaru Sato Wrote Portrait of Chieko and Lost Spring
Yorozuya Kinnosuke Also in Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style (1963)
Miyuki Kuwano Also in The Shape of Night (1964)
Tōru Takemitsu Wrote The Face of Another and The Empty Table
Ken Takakura Also in Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style (1963)
Shintarō Katsu Also in Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis (1988)
Naoki Satō Wrote The Eternal Zero and Moribito
Kazue Fukiishi Also in The Eternal Zero and 13 Assassins
Tomu Uchida Directed Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style (1963)
Shigeru Kōyama Also in The Shape of Night (1964)
Saori Yuki Also in Early Spring Story and Princess Raccoon
Chieko Naniwa Also in Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style (1963)
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The Face of Another 1966
Sword of the Beast 1965
Three Outlaw Samurai 1964
13 Assassins 2010
The Eternal Zero 2013
Filmography 40
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Television 18
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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.
