Mikijirō Hira

Mikijirō Hira

in Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis (1988)
Born (1933-11-21)21 November 1933
Hiroshima, Japan
Died 23 October 2016(2016-10-23) (aged 82)
Occupation Actor
Years active 1956–2016
Spouse(s) Yoshiko Sakuma (m. 1970–84)
Children Takehiro Hira

Mikijirō Hira (平 幹二朗 Hira Mikijirō, 21 November 1933 – 23 October 2016) was a Japanese actor.[1]

Personal life

Mikijirō was married to actress Yoshiko Sakuma from 1970 to 1984. Their son Takehiro is an actor.

On October 23, 2016, he died in Tokyo at the age of 82.[2]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Director Notes
1964 Adventures of Zatoichi Gounosuke Kimiyoshi Yasuda
1964 Three Outlaw Samurai Einosuke Kikyo Hideo Gosha
1965 Sword of the Beast Gen'nosuke Hideo Gosha
1966 The Face of Another Psychiatrist Hiroshi Teshigahara
1968 The Great Adventure of Horus, Prince of the Sun Grunwald the Demon of Ice Isao Takahata Voice
1982 Willful Murder Superintendent General Okuno Kei Kumai
1982 To Trap a Kidnapper Detective Kenmochi Shunya Itō
1985 Early Spring Story Takenaka Shinichiro Sawai
1988 Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis Yasumasa Hirai Akio Jissoji
1994 Rampo Marquis Ōgawara Rintarō Mayuzumi
1997 Sharan Q no enka no hanamichi Daisuke Naruto Yōjirō Takita
2001 Pistol Opera Gorō Hanada Seijun Suzuki
2005 Azumi 2: Death or Love Sanada Masayuki Shusuke Kaneko
2005 Princess Raccoon Azuchi Momoyama Seijun Suzuki
2008 Aibō the Movie Kimihiko Mikuriya Seiji Izumi
2009 Goemon Sen no Rikyū Kazuaki Kiriya
2010 13 Assassins Doi Toshitsura Takashi Miike
2011 Ninja Kids!!! Headmaster Ōkawa Takashi Miike
2012 The Tibetan Dog Tenzing (Adult) Masayuki Kojima Voice
2013 The Eternal Zero Hasegawa Takashi Yamazaki

Television

Year Title Role Network Notes
1963–1969 Three Outlaw Samurai Einosuke Kikyo CX
1970 Mominoki wa Nokotta Kai Harada NHK Taiga drama
1973 Kunitori Monogatari Saitō Dōsan NHK Taiga drama
1979 Fumō Chitai Tadashi Iki TBS
1988 Takeda Shingen Takeda Nobutora NHK Taiga drama
1992 Nobunaga Zuiten NHK Taiga drama
2001 Hōjō Tokimune Hōjō Shigetoki NHK Taiga drama
2005 Yoshitsune Emperor Go-Shirakawa NHK Taiga drama
2007 Mito Kōmon Tokugawa Mitsusada TBS
2008 Atsuhime Zusho Hirosato NHK Taiga drama
2014 Team Medical Dragon Shuzō Sakurai CX
2016 Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit NHK
2016 Shizumanu Taiyō The Prime Minister Tonegawa WOWOW
2016 Cain and Abel Sōichirō Takada CX Final role

Theater

Dubbing roles

Honours

References

  1. ↑ "Hira Mikijirō" (in Japanese). Asahi Shinbun.
  2. ↑ "平幹二朗さん死去　８２歳　「蜷川マクベス」名演" (in Japanese). chunichi Shinbun.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/24/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.