Mikijiro Hira
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gender
Male
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
total credits
50 movies
Biography
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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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