Mikijiro Hira
Birthday: 1933-11-21
Place of Birth: Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan
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.
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20 Duels of Young Shingo - Part 1
With plenty of action, and a strong story about the growth and development of an expert swordsman, w...
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20 Duels of Young Shingo - Part 2
The second film in the 20 Duels of Young Shingo trilogy directed by Sadatsugu Matsuda....
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Azumi 2: Death or Love
Young assassins Azumi and Nagara continue their mission to prevent a civil war. In their hunt for Ma...
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Goemon
Follow the infamous ninja bandit named Ishikawa Goemon (Yosuke Eguchi) in an epic story. One night w...
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A Fishmonger's Tour
The supply of sea bream to the fish market has decreased, and the price has increased to a whopping ...
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The Face of Another
A businessman with a disfigured face obtains a lifelike mask from his new doctor, but the mask start...
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Princess Raccoon
Amechiyo (the banished prince) falls in love with Tanukihime (a princess of raccoon dog disguised as...
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Sword of the Beast
Legendary swordplay filmmaker Hideo Gosha's Sword of the Beast chronicles the flight of the low-leve...
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Horus: Prince of the Sun
Young Horus lives in a mythical Scandinavia of the Iron Age. Recovering the stolen Sword of the Sun ...
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Utamaro's World
Utamaro was an artist who lived in Edo (which was later to become modern-day Tokyo) in the late 18th...
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Adventures of Zatoichi
Blind swordsman/masseuse Zatoichi befriends a young woman looking for her father, a village leader w...
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Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
A demonic reincarnation of a Japanese general from the 10th century appears in the early 20th centur...
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Cash Calls Hell
Before leaving prison, Oida uncomfortably enters into an agreement with his cell mate: in exchange f...
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Three Outlaw Samurai
Shiba, a wandering ronin, encounters a band of peasants who have kidnapped the daughter of their dic...
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The Great Killing
A cynical samurai is left as the sole survivor to fulfill a plot to assassinate the puppet of a vill...
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The King
The film takes place at the junction of the two eras of Meiji and Taisho. Sakata Sankichi, an uneduc...
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The Eternal Zero
A brother and sister learn their biological grandfather was a kamikaze pilot who died during World W...
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Shogunate Secret Ninja
Lord Tokugawa Tsunatoyo, bound for Edo to be sworn in as the next shogun, is the target of merciless...
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Pinwheel Hamakichi's Spell
Hamakichi was a former detective respected by everyone but he was arrested after he helped a crimina...
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Messengers to Satsuma
By all indications, an anti-government conspiracy is brewing in the Satsuma Domain. Already seven on...
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Pinwheel Hamakichi’s Spell 2
Hamakichi, who used to be a detective is now a toy merchant. His former boss has a grudge against th...
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Onmitsu Hicho
Pilot for a TV series. In the pilot Hiroshi Tachi is a lower ranked samurai investigating the the mu...
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Pistol Opera
An assassin fends off numerous attacks from her comrades, who are trying to move up in rank by killi...
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Jirocho’s Days of Youth: Boss of the Tokai Region
His skill and courage were the best in Japan! The life story of Jirocho, a man who protected people ...
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The Legend of Zipang
Jigoku-gokuraku-maru is a samurai on the run. One bounty hunter hoping to collect the sizeable rewar...
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Sky Scraper!
A film about the construction of the Kasumigaseki Building, the first high-rise building in Japan....
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Undercover Ninja: Secret Assassins
The federal lord of Kofu, Tunatoyo (Tsutomu Isobe), was elected to be the next General. On his way o...
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The Forest Is Alive
Film adaptation of the stage version of Samuil Marshak's "Twelve Months"...
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Genkuro Yoshitsune
An exciting historical drama that dynamically depicts the life of Minamoto no Yoshitsune from the pe...
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Ninja Kids!!!
The film stars Seishiro Kato as Rantaro who is sent to a ninja training school by his parents. Durin...
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Skull Coins
The mysterious story behind the Skull Coins, which are said to reveal the location of treasure, and ...
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The Round Table
Kokko is a third grade elementary school student. Even though she has a family who loves her, Kokko ...
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13 Assassins
A bravado period action film set at the end of Japan's feudal era in which a group of unemployed sam...
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The Mystery of Rampo
Edogawa Rampo is a writer whose latest work is censored by the government, deemed too disturbing and...
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Shinran, Part II
Continuation of the biographical film about the monk Shinran, based on the novel by Eiji Yoshikawa. ...
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Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region
He was married to his lover's butterfly and started a new residence. But good things do not last. In...
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The Goblin of Mt. Kurama
The year 1864: The Shinsengumi, the shogun’s armed force in Kyoto ripped the city apart, with blades...
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Kumokiri Nizaemon: The Great Bandit
When Nizaemon Kumogiri, a major thief quits his job as a thief, he has two more big jobs planned in ...
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The Bored Samurai
Saotome Mondonosuke is Hatamoto (a high-class warrior who is allowed to see the Shogun in person) wh...
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Private Detective DOBU 1
Dobu (Kunie Tanaka) used to be a soldier but now is a private detective. Three vagrants were killed ...
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The Inheritance
A dying businessman intends to will his fortune to his three illegitimate children, whose whereabout...
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Legacy of Soma: Ao no Ran
Soma, an immigrant from a defeated country, lives as a fortuneteller in Japan. She is saved from cor...
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Private Detective DOBU 2: The Kyoto Murder Case
Dobu, an Edo samurai, is tasked with investigating a string of noble murders in Kyoto, disrupting hi...
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Private Detective DOBU 3: The Exile Island Murder Case
After six exiles return to Edo, four are mysteriously killed. Two survivors, Kosuke and Kingo, lead ...
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Private Detective DOBU 6: The Origami Murder Case
A spree of murders in the city targets peddlers and komuso monks, all killed in the same method. Dob...
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Private Detective DOBU 4: The Mysterious Kite Murders Case
In Edo's autumn, a wave of murders hits, targeting those linked to an old case. A young man, Utaro, ...
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Samurai Justice: A Duel at Takadanobara
Edo is rocked by the news that a duel to the death is to be held at Takadanobaba, the famed site of ...
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Samurai Justice: The Female Bodyguard
A chance encounter on the road leads to the unusual need for a female bodyguard to protect the grand...
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Hibari the Traveling Performer
Kimie, a traveling guitarist, performs at various inns at help out her sickly mother. One night whil...
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Flickering Flames
In the early hours of April 13th, a five year old hemophiliac child was kidnapped by someone from Ta...
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The Shape of Night
Yoshie Nogami, a factory worker by day, works as a bar hostess at night. She begins a passionate aff...
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A Legend of Turmoil
A story about the development of a bright and strong yakuza. Otaki is an old-fashioned respectful ya...
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365 Nights
A touching drama about a love triangle between a young architect, Koroku, and two women, Ranko and T...
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The Third Ninja
Three Iga ninja are on a hunt for Chidoken, a Takeda ninja sent out to assasinate Lord Nobunaga....
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AIBOU: The Movie
A former TV presenter is murdered. On the same day, two police officers from the Metropolitan police...
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Early Spring Story
A Japanese high school student passionate with photography discovers love while confronting the past...
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Mask of the Moon
Young swordsman, Tsukigata Hanpeita, longs for the day when rival clans cease their struggles for po...
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Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
In the fourth installment, Musashi's potentially greatest opponent Kojiro jumps in and out of the st...
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Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style
In the third installment of Yoshikawa's novel Musashi, things continue from the 2nd film at the end ...
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Thousand Cranes
The entangled relations between the son of a seductive tea-ceremony teacher and the women in his fat...
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Sure Death! Brown, You Bounder!
When the Shogunates greatest secret is stolen, the fate of the nation hangs in the balance. The Shog...
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Life of Hishakaku 2
Upon his release from the prison, Hishakaku joins the Kikkyo family who is struggling to regain thei...
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Sasuke and His Comedians
Osaka in the early 1600s, aftermath of the historical Battle of Sekigahara; a group of orphan childr...
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Portrait of Chieko
Takamura, a poet and sculptor, marries a budding artist named Chieko who dreams of becoming an oil p...
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Three Faces of Love
When a gifted Japanese craftsmen dies, his three daughters are summoned to decide who will take over...
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Saito Dosan: Rage of Power
During the age of warring clans (Sengoku Jidai), many samurai lords sought to unite the country unde...
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Tange Sazen and the Princess
Tange Sazen interferes with an evil plot against the Iga Yagyu family....
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The Orphan Brother
After their father quarrels with local military men, Anju and Zushio are forced to flee, but they ar...
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The Empty Table
One year has passed since the Kidojis' eldest son Otohiko was arrested for his part in a terrorist k...
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The South Sea Wolf
Namie's in trouble again, getting snatched by an evil gang in search of treasure. Kirimaru sets out ...
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Samurai Justice: Assistance in a Duel
The samurai Akiyama Daijiro is asked to help a young boy who tries to bring the man who murdered his...
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To Trap a Kidnapper
Hideyuki Mitamura, a student at a private school near Osaka, is kidnapped on his way home from schoo...
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League of Gangsters
A yakuza is released from prison after serving a long sentence. He immediately sets about creating ...
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The Return of the Newshound and the Lady Cop
A jewelry broker is killed and a large amount of money is stolen. A female detective from the Metrop...
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The Christian Revolt
In Tokugawa-era (1637) Shimabara, oppressed peasant Christians revolt against the shogunate with the...
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Case of Umon: Woman of the Magic Lantern
Detective Umon’s services are called upon when ronin Yaichiro is killed with a peculiar weapon, a st...
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A Young Warrior on Mount Fuji
The epic battles between the Heike and Genji (Taira and Minamoto clans) take centerstage as the defe...
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The Street of Desire
A valet at a fancy nightclub hatches a plot to punish those responsible for his father's death....
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The Red Shadow
Fifteen years after Ishida Mitsunari lost in the battle of Sekigahara, Tokugawa Ieyasu foresees his ...
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The Shootout
A run-in with the police once again puts three former reformatory inmates on the wrong side of the l...
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Sword of Destiny
When master swordsman Mikogami Genshiro of the Ono fencing school returns to find that his ailing se...
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Lady Sen and Hideyori
From the late 1500's through the founding of the Tokugawa Shogunate many battles were fought as the ...
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Willful Murder
The president of the Japanese National Railways is found dead during a period in which train service...
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Oración
Set on a quiet ranch in Hokkaido. One day, a colt is born from a legendary bloodline. It is given th...
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Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai
Gonza was a handsome young laborer, a footman and spear-carrier, working hard for his meager wage. A...
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Amagi Pass
Japan in the 1940s. A high school boy went into a magic encounter with Ozuka Hana, a geisha (pub-gir...
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Baian the Assassin: Showdown
Fujieda Baian is admired during the day as a skilled acupuncturist. However, at night, he is a highl...
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Revenge for His Lover
Kamio a mistreated samurai clerk of Edo Castle and ronin (“Sir Quarrel”) Ibara, take up a vendetta a...
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Tenpo suiko-den: ohara yugaku
A great famine struck all of Japan: the so-called Great Tenpō famine. It was a time when there were ...
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Tibetan Dog
After his mother dies, Jiantan has to leave Xi'an to live with his father on the Tibetan steppe, whe...
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Works of the Fish Man
Katsujiro the fisherman overcomes his laziness when he learns of his younger sister Okiku’s unfortun...
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The Shogun and the Fishmonger
Fishmonger Tasuke and Shogun Iemitsu swap their identities in pretence for the protection of Iemitsu...
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I'll Cry Alone
"Though still young, Natsuko gave up the life of a geisha to become the mistress of the president of...
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誰もが信じられない！
A wheelchair-bound daughter is told that her mother's death was a murder and asks for an investigati...
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Ohana han
This is a film adaptation of a popular NHK drama that depicts a strong-willed woman, Hana, who lives...
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Gomez's Name is Gomez
Company engineer sakamoto (tatsuya nakadai) is returning home after two years in the desert and visi...
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Kampai! Miai Kekkon
Emiko, a shy girl, feels anxious as her classmates celebrate their upcoming weddings, realizing she’...
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Sword of Solitude
Yasu, the son of an exiled man, discovered his passion for swordsmanship and went to Edo, where he t...
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