Takehiro Hira is a Japanese theatre, film, and television actor.
10 Facts About Takehiro Hira
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Takehiro Hira was raised in Japan until he was 15 years old.
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Takehiro Hira went to high school at Moses Brown School in Providence, Rhode Island, United States, and then attended Brown University.
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Takehiro Hira made his theatrical debut in 2002 with Rokumeikan which was written by Yukio Mishima.
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Takehiro Hira worked closely with his father Mikijiro Hira, who was a Japanese actor.
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Takehiro Hira played the role of Iago in the production of Othello with his father playing Othello.
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Takehiro Hira received major recognition when he played the last shogun Yoshinobu Tokugawa in the NHK taiga drama Atsuhime.
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Takehiro Hira has appeared in several films of Takashi Miike, including Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai, Ace Attorney, and Aku no Kyoten.
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Takehiro Hira plays Natsuka Masaie in the big-budget film Nobou's Castle.
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Takehiro Hira played the role of the Player Queen in the English stage production of Hamlet in 2005, in which the title role was played by Michael Maloney.