Mitsuru Hirata Explained

is a Japanese actor. He won the award for best actor at the 7th Hochi Film Award^[1] and the award for best supporting actor at the 4th Yokohama Film Festival^[2] for Fall Guy.

Filmography

Film

• Fall Guy (1982), Yasu
• Theater of Life (1983)
• Time and Tide (1984)
• Shanghai Rhapsody (1984)
• Final Take (1986)^[3]
• (1993)^[4]
• Love & Pop (1998)
• First Love (2000)
• The Man In White (2003)
• The Ode to Joy (2006)^[5]
• Southbound (2007)
• The Lone Scalpel (2010)
• Rebirth (2011)
• The Woodsman and the Rain (2011)
• Angel Home (2013)
• The Mourner (2015)
• Gukoroku: Traces of Sin (2017)
• And Then There Was Light (2017)
• Memoirs of a Murderer (2017)
• We Are (2018)
• 5 Million Dollar Life (2019)
• Listen to the Universe (2019)
• Fukushima 50 (2020)
• The Asadas (2020)
• Dreaming of the Meridian Arc (2022)^[6]
• Call Me Chihiro (2023), Bitō^[7]
• The Women in the Lakes (2024)^[8]
• Traveling Alone (2025)^[9]
• Under Ninja (2025), Principal^[10]
• Showtime 7 (2025)^[11]

Television

• Bakumatsu Seishun Graffiti: Fukuzawa Yukichi (1985) - John Manjirō
• Dokuganryū Masamune (1987) - Suzuki Motonobu^[12]
• Journey Under the Midnight Sun (2006)
• Barefoot Gen (2007)
• SP (2007–2008)
• Last Friends (2008)
• Mori no Asagao (2010)
• Hana Moyu (2015) - Dr. Yamane Bunki
• Shingari (2015)
• Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories (2016)
• Kenji Miyazawa's Table (2017) - Masajirō Miyazawa
• Segodon (2018) - Ōkubo Jiemon^[13]
• Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju (2018) - Yūrakutei Yakumo VII
• Yell (2020) - Kinsuke Uchikoshi
• Reach Beyond the Blue Sky (2021) - Kawaji Toshiakira^[14]
• The Tiger and Her Wings (2024) - Tomohiko Hoshi^[15]

Japanese dub

• Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (2024) - Ken^[16]

Notes and References

1. Web site: http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/h_award/1982/ . ja:報知映画賞ヒストリー . 2010-01-23 . Japanese . Cinema Hochi . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090131125714/http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/h_award/1982/ . 2009-01-31 .
2. Web site: http://homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai/04-1982/04_1982_shou.html . ja:第４回ヨコハマ映画祭 １９８２年日本映画個人賞. 2010-01-23. Japanese . Yokohama Film Festival.
3. Web site: キネマの天地. February 26, 2021. eiga.com.
4. Web site: REX 恐竜物語. December 30, 2023. eiga.com.
5. Web site: バルトの楽園（がくえん）. June 14, 2022. eiga.com.
6. Web site: 志の輔の落語を実写化した「大河への道」に岸井ゆきの、橋爪功ら出演、全員1人2役. December 11, 2021. Natalie.
7. Web site: ちひろさん. October 31, 2022. eiga.com.
8. Web site: 湖の女たち. November 28, 2023. eiga.com.
9. Web site: ひとりたび. 28 August 2024. eiga.com.
10. Web site: 2024-10-23 . Live-Action Under Ninja Film Reveals 5 More Cast Members . 2024-10-23 . Anime News Network . en.
11. Web site: ショウタイムセブン. 12 November 2024. eiga.com. ja.
12. Web site: 独眼竜政宗. 18 September 2024. Haiyaku Jiten.
13. Web site: 西郷どん. 28 August 2024. Haiyaku Jiten.
14. Web site: 吉沢亮主演2021年大河『青天を衝け』出演者発表 小林薫、竹中直人、草なぎ剛、堤真一、玉木宏ら. May 23, 2022. Oricon.
15. Web site: 朝ドラ「虎に翼」平田満が初代最高裁判所長官に 鷲尾真知子、高橋克実も出演. May 21, 2024. Natalie.
16. Web site: 「めくらやなぎと眠る女」日本語版に磯村勇斗・玄理ら12名の俳優が参加、演出は深田晃司. May 23, 2024. Natalie.