Mikijiro Hira
Acting
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.
Born: November 21, 1933
Place of Birth: Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan
Known For
Flickering Flames
In the early hours of April 13th, a five year old hemophiliac child was kidnapped by someone from Tanemura General Hospital in Tokyo, Setagaya. Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Inspector Kitahara, who received the report, goes quickly to the Tanemura home, along with other police to speak to the family of the child. Then, suddenly, the phone rings. The kidnapper wants money.
Kenkaku Shōbai
Kohei Akiyama, a popular master swordsman, and his son Daijiro live in the town of Edo in good faith. While running a dojo, Daijiro and his father find themselves wrapped up in a series of events with the town's people.
Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai
Gonza was a handsome young laborer, a footman and spear-carrier, working hard for his meager wage. All Gonza wanted was to marry his young sweetheart, but despite their mutual poverty, her status as the daughter of a samurai blocked their path to happiness. A chance opportunity to achieve samurai status would come one day, but Gonza will regret trusting the so-called honorable samurai who extended this fateful offer, and the terrible price he'd pay, fighting for his life in one of the most blood-spattered samurai battles ever filmed.
Yoshitsune
Yoshitsune is a Japanese television drama series originally broadcast between 9 January and 11 December 2005, with a three-part special compilation being aired from 24 December to 25 December 2005. The 44th Taiga Drama, the original work is by Miyao Tomiko, screenplay by Kaneko Narito and starring Hideaki Takizawa.
Thousand Cranes
The entangled relations between the son of a seductive tea-ceremony teacher and the women in his father's life. Based on the novel by Kawabata Yasunari.
Life of Hishakaku 2
Upon his release from the prison, Hishakaku joins the Kikkyo family who is struggling to regain their turf from their rival, Domoto family. To reciprocate the kindness of the Kikkyos, Hishakaku heads to meet the leader of Domoto, Osumi, and finds himself emotionally involved with her.
Lady Sen and Hideyori
From the late 1500's through the founding of the Tokugawa Shogunate many battles were fought as the great warlords vied for power over the nation. Princess Sen, a daughter of Tokugawa Ieyasu, is caught amidst the family feud between the Tokugawa and Toyotomi families. When her father Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu attacks her husband Toyotomi Hideyori's castle, her life takes a sudden turn for the worse. Will she ever find peace in her life again? One of Hibari Misora's most memorable performances, a movie you will never forget!
Nameless Poison
Saburo Sugimura works for the PR department of a company which his father-in-law Yoshichika Imada runs. One day, Yoshichika Imada tasks Saburo Sugimura with work regarding a man named Nobuo Kajita. A complicated story unfolds from the request.
The Face of Another
A businessman with a disfigured face obtains a lifelike mask from his new doctor, but the mask starts altering his personality and causing him to question his identity.
Cash Calls Hell
Before leaving prison, Oida uncomfortably enters into an agreement with his cell mate: in exchange for a half-share of 30,000,000 yen, he is to assassinate three strangers given to him on a list. However, upon meeting his first potential victim, Oida has second thoughts. Yet, even as he tries to back out, the body count starts climbing. Oida must now try to alert the people on his list of their impending danger, and find out why they are being targeted in the first place.
Filmography
as Holy Teacher
as Tokuma Tendo
as Ishita
as Yoshichika Imada
as Adult Tenzin (voice)
as Lord Doi
as Rikyu Sen
as Kimihiko Mikuriya
as Kota Kito
as Azuchi Momoyama
as Masayuki Sanada
as Goshirakawa Emperor
as Tanuma Okitsugu
as Goro Hanada
as Marquis Ogawara
as Yagyu Ishifunesai Munetoshi
as Toshitaka Nagai
as King of Zipang
as Yasumasa Hirai
as Takeda Nobutora
as Kawabe
as Takenaka
as Seijiro Igawa
as Emperor Meiji
as Saotome Mondonosuke
as Kenzo Onodera
as Takeda
as Okuno
as Tokugawa Yoshinobu (15th Sho-Gun)
as Yume no ukihashi
as Yugaku Ohara
as Saito Dosan
as Mojiwaka
as Harada Kai
as Kikuji Mitani
as Grunwald the Demon of Ice (voice)
as Ishii
as Katori
as Kenkichi Katsuma
as Captain Ijuin
as Dr. Hori
as Yuzo Hibiki
as Sengoku
as Yuuki Gennosuke
as Sato Yomoshichi
as Gounosuke
as Eiji Kitami
as Einosuke Kikyo
as Yoshioka Denshichiro
as Hanzo Hattori
as Yoshioka Denshichiro
as Miyajima
as Sakazaki Dewanokami
as Jûrôzaemon Mizuno
as Jirô, eldest son (voice)