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Mikijirō Hira

Name in Native Language: "平幹二朗" (Japanese/JA)
Actor | * 11/21/1933 († 82, 10/23/2016) | Hiroshima (Japan)
Mikijirō Hira (平 幹二朗, Hira Mikijirō, 21 November 1933 – 23 October 2016) 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. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Action | History

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Shiba, a wandering ronin, encounters a band of peasants who have kidnapped the daughter of their dictatorial magistrate, in hopes of coercing from him a reduction in taxes. Shiba takes up their fight, ...

Three Outlaw Samurai

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1964 | 3.8/5 | 1h 33min
Action, Drama
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A businessman with a disfigured face obtains a lifelike mask from his doctor, but the mask starts altering his personality. ...

The Face of Another

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1966 | 3.9/5 | 2h 4min
Drama, Science Fiction
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A bravado period action film set at the end of Japan's feudal era in which a group of unemployed samurai are enlisted to bring down a sadistic lord and prevent him from ascending to the throne and plu ...

13 Assassins

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2010 | 3.6/5 | 2h 21min
Adventure, Drama, Action
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Legendary swordplay filmmaker Hideo Gosha's Sword of the Beast chronicles the flight of the low-level swordsman Gennosuke, who kills one of his ministers as part of a reform plot. His former comrades ...

Sword of the Beast

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1965 | 3.8/5 | 1h 25min
Action, Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Mikijirō Hira

Medal With Purple Ribbon Golden Arrow Award Kikuta Kazuo Engeki Shō
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Movies with Mikijirō Hira as Actor(76)

2015 Legacy of Soma: Ao no Ran
2014 The Round Table
2011 Onmitsu Hicho
2011 Ninja Kids!!!
as Adult Tenzin (voice)2011 Tibetan Dog
as Lord Doi2010 13 Assassins
as Rikyu Sen2009 Goemon
as Kimihiko Mikuriya2008 AIBOU: The Movie
as Azuchi Momoyama2005 Princess Raccoon
as Masayuki Sanada2005 Azumi 2: Death or Love
as Tanuma Okitsugu2004 Samurai Justice: Assistance in a Duel
as Goro Hanada2001 Pistol Opera
1998 Tunnel Fantasy: Dream Legend of Tonkararin
1996 Tom Cat Holmes' Deduction
1995 The Mystery of Rampo
1993 Baian the Assassin: Showdown
1992 A Legend of Turmoil
as Toshitaka Nagai1991 Saito Dosan: Rage of Power
as King of Zipang1990 The Legend of Zipang
as Yasumasa Hirai1988 Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
1988 Oracion
as Kawabe1985 Family without a Dinner Table
as Takenaka1985 Early Spring Story
1985 Sure Death! Brown, You Bounder!
as Seijiro Igawa1984 The Street of Desire
as Kenzo Onodera1983 Amagi Pass
as Emperor Meiji1983 Battle Anthem
as Takeda1982 The Shootout
1982 To Trap a Kidnapper
as Okuno1981 Willful Murder
as Tokugawa Yoshinobu (15th Sho-Gun)1980 Tokugawa Ichizoku no Houkai
1977 Flickering Flames
as Yume no ukihashi1977 Utamaro's World
as Yugaku Ohara1976 Tenpo suiko-den: ohara yugaku
1969 Sky Scraper!
as Kikuji Mitani1969 Thousand Cranes
as Grunwald the Demon of Ice (voice)1968 Horus: Prince of the Sun
as Kenkichi Katsuma1967 Three Faces of Love
as Ishii1967 Portrait of Chieko
as Yuzo Hibiki1966 Warm Current
1966 Cash Calls Hell
as Psychiatrist1966 The Face of Another
as Sato Yomoshichi1965 Illusion of Blood
as Yuuki Gennosuke1965 Sword of the Beast
1964 The Third Ninja
as Yoshioka Denshichiro1964 Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple
as Einosuke Kikyo1964 Three Outlaw Samurai
as Eiji Kitami1964 The Shape of Night
as Gounosuke1964 Adventures of Zatoichi
1964 The Great Duel
1963 Life of Hishakaku 2
as Hanzo Hattori1963 Sasuke and His Comedians
1963 Legends of Honor
as Yoshioka Denshichiro1963 Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style
1963 A Fishmonger's Tour
as Miyajima1963 League of Gangsters
1963 Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai
1962 The Inheritance
1962 Hibari the Traveling Performer
as Jûrôzaemon Mizuno1962 The Red Shadow
1962 The King
1962 Revenge for His Lover
1962 The Christian Revolt
as Sakazaki Dewanokami1962 Lady Sen and Hideyori
1961 20 Duels of Young Shingo - Part 1
1961 Tange Sazen and the Princess
1961 20 Duels of Young Shingo - Part 2
1961 霧丸霧がくれ　
1961 Case of Umon: Woman of the Magic Lantern
1961 Mask of the Moon
as Jirô, eldest son (voice)1961 The Orphan Brother
as Takayanagi Kujuro1961 The South Sea Wolf
1961 Works of the Fish Man
1961 Samurai Knights
1961 A Young Warrior on Mount Fuji
1960 Sword of Destiny

TV Shows/Series with Mikijirō Hira as Actor(10)

as Holy Teacher2016 Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
as Tokuma Tendo2015 The God of Risk
as Yoshichika Imada2013 Nameless Poison
as Kota Kito2006 The Animal Trail
as Goshirakawa Emperor2005 Yoshitsune
as Yagyu Ishifunesai Munetoshi1993 Three Generations of the Yagyu Sword
as Takeda Nobutora1988 Takeda Shingen
1988 Takeda Shingen
as Saito Dosan1973 Kunitori Monogatari
as Harada Kai1970 Mominoki wa Nokotta

Citizenship: Japan
Born: Tuesday, 11/21 1933 (November) in Hiroshima (Japan)
Died: Sunday, 10/23 2016 (October) in Setagaya-ku (aged: 82)
Zodiac sign: Scorpio (Chinese zodiac sign: Rooster)
Spouses (current/former): Yoshiko Sakuma
Children: Takehiro Hira
Other names for Mikijirō Hira (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"平 幹二朗"
"Mikijiro Hira"
"平干二朗"
"Микидзиро Хира"
"ひら みきじろう" (Kana/Japanese)
Mikijirō Hira frequently works together with these people:
Shintarô Miyamoto (14x, Crew)
Eijirō Tōno (10x, Actor)
Kunie Tanaka (10x, Actor)
Ryōsuke Kagawa (10x, Actor)
Satomi Oka (10x, Actress)
Hashizo Okawa (9x, Actor)
Tatsuya Nakadai (8x, Actor)
Ryutaro Otomo (8x, Actor)
Kazutarô Kuni (8x, Actor)
Kantarô Suga (7x, Actor)
Masao Mishima (7x, Actor)
Ayako Wakao (2x, Actress)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:830905, Added: 11/11/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024