Cast
Mikijirô Hira
1933 – 2016
- Active years (films on this site)
- 1966–2001
- Schools and movements
- Japanese New Wave
Directors worked with
Biography
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. 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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Awards and honours
National / local
- Medal with Purple Ribbon 1998
- Golden Arrow Award
- Kikuta Kazuo engeki shō
2 films on this site
- The Face of Another 1966 · Hiroshi Teshigahara · IMDb 7.8 · Cast
- Pistol Opera 2001 · Seijun Suzuki · IMDb 6.3 · Cast