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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 21, 1933
Died
October 22, 2016
Place of Birth
Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan
Also Known As
- 平 幹二朗
- 平干二朗
- Микидзиро Хира
Mikijiro Hira
0.9 Popularity
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.
Known For
Credits
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
as Holy Teacher
2016
7.4
🎬
The Driver
as Shigeru Saigo
2015
0.0
The God of Risk
as Tokuma Tendo
2015
7.0
Legacy of Soma: Ao no Ran
2015
5.0
The Round Table
as Ishita
2014
7.3
The Eternal Zero
2013
7.0
唐版 滝の白糸
2013
0.0
Nameless Poison
as Yoshichika Imada
2013
8.0
Ninja Kids!!!
2011
5.8
Onmitsu Hicho
2011
4.0
Tibetan Dog
as Adult Tenzin (voice)
2011
6.5
13 Assassins
as Lord Doi
2010
7.3
Goemon
as Rikyu Sen
2009
6.9
Mission To Kill
2009
7.0
AIBOU: The Movie
as Kimihiko Mikuriya
2008
6.8
Samurai Justice: The Female Bodyguard
2006
0.0
The Animal Trail
as Kota Kito
2006
6.0
Princess Raccoon
as Azuchi Momoyama
2005
5.5
Samurai Justice: A Duel at Takadanobara
2005
0.0
Azumi 2: Death or Love
as Masayuki Sanada
2005
6.6
Yoshitsune
as Goshirakawa Emperor
2005
8.5
Samurai Justice: Assistance in a Duel
as Tanuma Okitsugu
2004
0.0
Love & War of a Samurai
2003
0.0
Pistol Opera
as Goro Hanada
2001
6.0
The Goblin of Mt. Kurama
2001
0.0
Kenkaku Shōbai
1998
10.0
Tom Cat Holmes' Deduction
1996
0.0
The Mystery of Rampo
as Marquis Ogawara
1995
7.0
Baian the Assassin: Showdown
1993
0.0
Three Generations of the Yagyu Sword
as Yagyu Ishifunesai Munetoshi
1993
0.0
A Legend of Turmoil
1992
7.5
🎬
Kumokiri Nizaemon: The Great Bandit
1991
4.0
Saito Dosan: Rage of Power
as Toshitaka Nagai
1991
6.5
遊の人‐天下の御意見番 大久保彦左衛門‐
1991
0.0
The Legend of Zipang
as King of Zipang
1990
5.6
さよなら李香蘭
1989
0.0
Oración
1988
6.0
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
as Yasumasa Hirai
1988
6.1
Takeda Shingen
1988
7.5
Takeda Shingen
as Takeda Nobutora
1988
7.5
The Return of the Newshound and the Lady Cop
1987
5.5
Crisis at Edo Castle - Angry Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu
1987
0.0
The Empty Table
as Kawabe
1985
5.3
Early Spring Story
as Takenaka
1985
6.3
Sure Death! Brown, You Bounder!
1985
6.0
The Street of Desire
as Seijiro Igawa
1984
0.0
Private Detective DOBU 6: The Origami Murder Case
1983
0.0
Shogunate Secret Ninja
1983
0.0
Undercover Ninja: Secret Assassins
1983
0.0
🎬
誰もが信じられない！
as Kotaro, Iga Kanko's president
1983
0.0
Battle Anthem
as Emperor Meiji
1983
7.0
The Bored Samurai
as Saotome Mondonosuke
1983
0.0
Amagi Pass
as Kenzo Onodera
1983
6.3
Private Detective DOBU 4: The Mysterious Kite Murders Case
1983
0.0
Messengers to Satsuma
1982
0.0
Private Detective DOBU 3: The Exile Island Murder Case
1982
0.0
To Trap a Kidnapper
1982
6.0
The Shootout
as Takeda
1982
5.0
Private Detective DOBU 2: The Kyoto Murder Case
1982
0.0
Pinwheel Hamakichi’s Spell 2
1982
0.0
Willful Murder
as Okuno
1981
7.3
Pinwheel Hamakichi's Spell
1981
0.0
Private Detective DOBU 1
1981
0.0
Aoki Ookami Narukichiomoase no Shougai
as エスガイ
1980
0.0
Tokugawa Ichizoku no Houkai
as Tokugawa Yoshinobu (15th Sho-Gun)
1980
0.0
Utamaro's World
as Yume no ukihashi
1977
5.0
Flickering Flames
1977
10.0
Tenpo suiko-den: ohara yugaku
as Yugaku Ohara
1976
0.0
Kunitori Monogatari
as Saito Dosan
1973
0.0
Nemuri Kyoshiro
as Mojiwaka
1972
0.0
🎬
Two Poor Ronins
1972
0.0
Mominoki wa Nokotta
as Harada Kai
1970
0.0
Sky Scraper!
1969
0.0
Thousand Cranes
as Kikuji Mitani
1969
8.3
Horus: Prince of the Sun
as Grunwald the Demon of Ice (voice)
1968
6.3
Portrait of Chieko
as Ishii
1967
0.0
Gomez's Name is Gomez
as Katori
1967
0.0
🎬
ゴメスの名はゴメス
1967
0.0
River of Forever
1967
0.0
Three Faces of Love
as Kenkichi Katsuma
1967
0.0
Ohana han
as Captain Ijuin
1966
0.0
The Face of Another
as Dr. Hori
1966
7.8
Warm Current
as Yuzo Hibiki
1966
0.0
Cash Calls Hell
as Sengoku
1966
7.6
Sword of the Beast
as Yuuki Gennosuke
1965
7.5
Illusion of Blood
as Sato Yomoshichi
1965
6.2
I'll Cry Alone
1965
0.0
Adventures of Zatoichi
as Gounosuke
1964
6.7
The Shape of Night
as Eiji Kitami
1964
6.6
The Great Killing
1964
7.5
Three Outlaw Samurai
as Einosuke Kikyo
1964
7.4
売春地下組織
1964
0.0
The Third Ninja
1964
7.0
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
as Yoshioka Denshichiro
1964
7.0
Sasuke and His Comedians
as Hanzo Hattori
1963
5.8
Legends of Honor
1963
0.0
Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style
as Yoshioka Denshichiro
1963
7.0
League of Gangsters
as Miyajima
1963
7.5
Life of Hishakaku 2
1963
8.2
Sword of Solitude
1963
0.0
Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai
1963
9.0
A Fishmonger's Tour
1963
0.0
The King
1962
0.0
Revenge for His Lover
1962
0.0
Skull Coins
1962
0.0
365 Nights
1962
0.0
Hibari the Traveling Performer
1962
0.0
Genkuro Yoshitsune
1962
0.0
Lady Sen and Hideyori
as Sakazaki Dewanokami
1962
8.0
The Christian Revolt
1962
6.2
The Inheritance
1962
7.2
The Red Shadow
as Jûrôzaemon Mizuno
1961
6.4
Works of the Fish Man
1961
5.0
🎬
Case of Umon: Woman of the Magic Lantern
1961
0.0
The Orphan Brother
as Jirô, eldest son (voice)
1961
6.0
🎬
The South Sea Wolf
as Takayanagi Kujuro
1961
5.2
20 Duels of Young Shingo - Part 2
1961
0.0
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region
1961
0.0
Samurai Knights
1961
0.0
Kirimaru Kirigakure
1961
0.0
Tange Sazen and the Princess
1961
5.2
Mask of the Moon
1961
0.0
A Young Warrior on Mount Fuji
1961
4.3
20 Duels of Young Shingo - Part 1
1961
0.0
The Shogun and the Fishmonger
1961
5.7
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: Boss of the Tokai Region
1960
0.0
Sword of Destiny
1960
6.0
Shinran, Part II
1960
0.0
Kampai! Miai Kekkon
1958
0.0
The Forest Is Alive
1956
0.0