Mikijiro Hira

Known for Acting

Mikijiro Hira's portrait

Details

Birthday: November 21, 1933

Deathday: October 22, 2016

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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