Mitsuru Hirata: movies and TV shows
Mitsuru Hirata has 189 credits in the archive: 126 films and 63 TV series, from 1982 to 2025. Highest rated: Tales of the Bizarre: 2014 Fall Special (8.5/10).
Career timeline
1982 – 2025 · busiest year: 2011 (10 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Under Ninja | Principal | Film | 6.9 | 71 |
| 2025 | SHOWTIME 7 | Jo Daisaku | Film | 5.1 | 71 |
| 2024 | Yips | TV | 6.0 | 70 | |
| 2024 | The Women in the Lakes | Film | 6.6 | 70 | |
| 2023 | Call Me Chihiro | Bito | Film | 7.2 | 69 |
| 2023 | Reversal Orchestra | Hokari Yoshiaki [Oboist] | TV | 7.0 | 69 |
| 2023 | Kienai Akari | Film | 6.5 | 69 | |
| 2023 | The Seafarer | Film | — | 69 | |
| 2023 | New Hamlet ~Osamu Dazai takes over Shakespeare!?~ | Film | — | 69 | |
| 2022 | When I Was Born Next Time | TV | 9.0 | 68 | |
| 2022 | Dreaming of the Meridian Arc | Film | 7.7 | 68 | |
| 2022 | Futari no Ultraman | Old Shozo Uehara | TV | — | 68 |
| 2021 | The Way Of The Hot & Spicy | Kazuhiko Tanioka | TV | 7.0 | 67 |
| 2020 | Yell | TV | 7.7 | 66 | |
| 2020 | Alive: Dr. Kokoro, The Medical Oncologist | TV | 7.3 | 66 | |
| 2020 | Fukushima 50 | Shigeru Hirayama | Film | 6.5 | 66 |
| 2020 | Dear Patient | Hasumi Isao [Security guard of Sasai Memorial Hospital] | TV | — | 66 |
| 2020 | The Asadas! | Akira Asada | Film | 7.3 | 66 |
| 2020 | Little Subculture Wars: The Village Vanguard Strikes Back | Film | — | 66 | |
| 2019 | Nihon Boro Yado Kiko | Ippei Shinomiya | TV | 6.0 | 65 |
| 2019 | Listen to the Universe | Hiroshi Takubo | Film | 7.1 | 65 |
| 2018 | Segodon | Okubo Jiemon | TV | 8.3 | 64 |
| 2018 | Signal | TV | 6.8 | 64 | |
| 2018 | We Are | Shigeo | Film | 5.5 | 64 |
| 2017 | Hello, Detective Hedgehog | Otokichi Shidawara | TV | 6.6 | 63 |
| 2017 | Miyazawa Kenji no Shokutaku | Miyazawa Masajiro | TV | — | 63 |
| 2017 | Gukoroku - Traces of Sin | Shigeo Sugita | Film | 6.5 | 63 |
| 2017 | Memoirs of a Murderer | Yukihiro Taki | Film | 6.8 | 63 |
| 2017 | And Then There Was Light | Yoichi | Film | 4.2 | 63 |
| 2017 | Almost Coming, Almost Dying | Le père de Manabu | Film | 6.5 | 63 |
| 2017 | Room Leader | Satoshi Numajiri | Film | — | 63 |
| 2016 | 99.9 Criminal Lawyer | Naohiko Saegusa(三枝 尚彦) | TV | 6.9 | 62 |
| 2016 | Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories | Kenta | TV | 7.9 | 62 |
| 2016 | Denshichi Torimonocho | TV | 7.3 | 62 | |
| 2016 | The City of Betrayal | Koji Hashimoto | Film | 3.0 | 62 |
| 2016 | 裏切りの街 | TV | — | 62 | |
| 2015 | Taxi Driver's Mystery Diary 37 - Mystery of Double Homicides from Tokyo to Hamamatsu | Film | 4.3 | 61 | |
| 2015 | Shabu-Shabu Spirit | Shozo Sugimoto (Father) | Film | 9.0 | 61 |
| 2015 | Zutaboro | Mitsuru | Film | 5.0 | 61 |
| 2015 | Taxi Driver's Mystery Diary 38 | Film | — | 61 | |
| 2014 | Border | Fujisaki | TV | 7.1 | 60 |
| 2014 | Saving My Stupid Youth | Zento Hachiya | TV | 7.7 | 60 |
| 2014 | Tales of the Bizarre: 2014 Fall Special | Film | 8.5 | 60 | |
| 2014 | Piano in a Storeroom | Film | — | 60 | |
| 2014 | Our Tomorrow | Film | 7.0 | 60 | |
| 2014 | Taxi Driver's Mystery Diary 36 | Film | — | 60 | |
| 2013 | Nameless Poison | Nobuo Kajita | TV | 8.0 | 59 |
| 2013 | Shotenin Michiru no Mi no Uebanashi | Tsugunori Furukawa | TV | 6.0 | 59 |
| 2013 | Kaiki Daisakusen: Mystery File | TV | 6.0 | 59 | |
| 2013 | The Last Hope | 하타노 쿠니오 | TV | 6.0 | 59 |
| 2013 | Made in Japan | Uzaki Eisaku | TV | 7.0 | 59 |
| 2013 | Meoto Zenzai | TV | — | 59 | |
| 2013 | Case of Kyoko, Case of Shuichi | Film | 6.5 | 59 | |
| 2013 | Soul Flower Train | Amamoto | Film | 3.0 | 59 |
| 2013 | The Morning Set, Milk and Spring | Film | — | 59 | |
| 2013 | Angel Home | Kunimura | Film | 8.5 | 59 |
| 2012 | Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon | TV | 7.5 | 58 | |
| 2012 | The Locked Room Murders | Endo Haruhiko | TV | 7.2 | 58 |
| 2012 | Soumatou Kabushikigaisha | Imaizumi Yasuhiko | TV | 6.5 | 58 |
| 2012 | The Holy Monsters | Sogo Shiba | TV | 8.0 | 58 |
| 2012 | The Woodsman and the Rain | Mitsuharu | Film | 6.1 | 58 |
| 2012 | The Last Message | Kensaku Urabe | Film | 7.0 | 58 |
| 2012 | Double Face: Sen'nyû sôsa hen | Film | 7.0 | 58 | |
| 2012 | Double Face: gisō keisatsu-hen | Film | 7.2 | 58 | |
| 2011 | CSI: Crime Scene Talks | TV | 7.2 | 57 | |
| 2011 | Humanoid Monster Bem | TV | 7.0 | 57 | |
| 2011 | Kokosei Restaurant | Kouichi Iwase | TV | — | 57 |
| 2011 | KochiKame - The Movie: Save the Kachidoki Bridge! | Taiso Yokota | Film | 5.0 | 57 |
| 2011 | Rebirth | Yuzo Sawada | Film | 7.6 | 57 |
| 2011 | Taro no Tō | TV | — | 57 | |
| 2011 | CO: Transplant Coordinator | TV | — | 57 | |
| 2011 | Princess Toyotomi | Film | 5.9 | 57 | |
| 2011 | Wasao | Film | 6.8 | 57 | |
| 2011 | Moonlight Mask | Tatsuzo | Film | — | 57 |
| 2010 | Absolute Zero | Kaoru Tamura | TV | 8.0 | 56 |
| 2010 | Kaidan Horror Classics | TV | 8.0 | 56 | |
| 2010 | Graduation Song | Keiichi Yamazaki | TV | — | 56 |
| 2010 | Flowers | Haruo Miyazawa (2009) | Film | 7.0 | 56 |
| 2010 | A Lone Scalpel | Koji Shimada | Film | 6.5 | 56 |
| 2010 | Kaidan Horror Classics | Film | 7.0 | 56 | |
| 2009 | Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess | Wataru Kawagoe | Film | 6.3 | 55 |
| 2009 | Romantic Prelude | Co. President Araki | Film | 7.3 | 55 |
| 2009 | Go Find a Psychic! | Film | 6.0 | 55 | |
| 2008 | Last Friends | Shuji Kishimoto | TV | 6.8 | 54 |
| 2008 | Innocent Love | Seitaro Akiyama | TV | 7.5 | 54 |
| 2008 | Pandora | Tomota Shogo | TV | 5.5 | 54 |
| 2008 | ツナガルココロ 3 LOVE STORIES | Film | — | 54 | |
| 2008 | Where The Legend Lives | Film | 6.0 | 54 | |
| 2008 | I Want to Be a Shellfish | Miyake | Film | 8.3 | 54 |
| 2008 | Tokyo Boy | Film | 5.4 | 54 | |
| 2008 | 不在宴会 死亡記事の女 | TV | — | 54 | |
| 2007 | Welcome to the Quiet Room | Actor | Film | 6.7 | 53 |
| 2007 | Barefoot Gen | TV | 7.0 | 53 | |
| 2007 | Watch Me | Seiichi Natori | Film | — | 53 |
| 2007 | Fumiko no umi | Furukawa | Film | — | 53 |
| 2007 | 敵は本能寺にあり | Hachiya Haruhisa | Film | — | 53 |
| 2006 | Into the White Night | Yosuke Kirihara | TV | 7.4 | 52 |
| 2006 | Scum of Lawyers | TV | 6.8 | 52 | |
| 2006 | Taxi Driver’s Mystery Diary SP22 | Film | — | 52 | |
| 2006 | Tales of Terror: The Curse of Nobuhiro-san | Film | 4.0 | 52 | |
| 2005 | After the Rains and Dreams | Policeman | TV | 9.3 | 51 |
| 2005 | Akechi Kogoro vs. Kindaichi Kosuke | Sasaoka Daisaku | Film | — | 51 |
| 2005 | Year One in the North | Film | 5.7 | 51 | |
| 2005 | The Deep Red | Koichi Shiina | Film | 5.5 | 51 |
| 2005 | Miracle in Four Days | Film | 7.0 | 51 | |
| 2005 | The Buried Forest | Machi's father | Film | 6.6 | 51 |
| 2005 | Akechi Kogoro vs. Kindaichi Kosuke | TV | — | 51 | |
| 2005 | ×イチ女刑事 ONNA-DEKA 白い恐怖 | TV | — | 51 | |
| 2004 | Divorce Lawyer | Eisuke Sonoda | TV | 6.0 | 50 |
| 2004 | Translucent Tree | Film | 3.7 | 50 | |
| 2004 | Tokyo: Level One | Director of Kasaoka Industrial Labor Bureau | Film | 8.0 | 50 |
| 2003 | 横山秀夫サスペンス「第三の時効」 | Film | — | 49 | |
| 2003 | My Grandpa | Keiichi | Film | 6.8 | 49 |
| 2003 | A Younger Man | Yuichiro Yamaguchi | TV | — | 49 |
| 2003 | 北の国から 記憶 前編 | Film | — | 49 | |
| 2003 | The Man in White Part 2: Requiem for the Lion | Tokisada Asakura | Film | 6.0 | 49 |
| 2003 | The Man in White | Tokisada Asakura | Film | 6.5 | 49 |
| 2003 | 葵花劫 | Film | 7.0 | 49 | |
| 2002 | AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo | TV | 7.5 | 48 | |
| 2002 | 横山秀夫サスペンス「沈黙のアリバイ」 | Film | — | 48 | |
| 2002 | 生存 愛する娘のために | TV | — | 48 | |
| 2002 | 女刑事ふたり | TV | — | 48 | |
| 2002 | Inochi | Yamamuro | Film | 4.4 | 48 |
| 2001 | Number One | Film | — | 47 | |
| 2000 | Whiteout | Yoshimitsu Iwazaki | Film | 6.3 | 46 |
| 2000 | First Love | Yasuhito Aida | Film | 6.9 | 46 |
| 2000 | The Whispered City | Yuki's father | Film | 9.0 | 46 |
| 2000 | Pickpocket | Film | 6.8 | 46 | |
| 1999 | Emergency Room 24 Hours | Sadao Kono(河野 定雄) | TV | 7.4 | 45 |
| 1999 | Railroad Man | Kawaguchi | Film | 7.1 | 45 |
| 1998 | Investigative Notes of a Taxi Driver: Murder of the Killer | Captain Kamiya | Film | 10.0 | 44 |
| 1998 | Love & Pop | Kakegawa | Film | 7.7 | 44 |
| 1998 | Friendship | Film | 10.0 | 44 | |
| 1998 | Love Letter | Film | 8.0 | 44 | |
| 1998 | Investigative Notes of a Taxi Driver: The Black Sunflower Woman | Inspector Kamiya | Film | — | 44 |
| 1997 | Love Generation | Takeshi Kurosaki | TV | 8.5 | 43 |
| 1997 | Yurika-chan | Yonemura | Film | — | 43 |
| 1997 | Happy People | Film | 7.0 | 43 | |
| 1996 | Quiet Don 9 | Film | — | 42 | |
| 1996 | Oishinbo | Film | 6.5 | 42 | |
| 1995 | Kura | TV | 6.0 | 41 | |
| 1995 | Fly Boys, Fly! | Film | 7.0 | 41 | |
| 1995 | Kidnapping | Film | — | 41 | |
| 1994 | Shin Onna Kenji Kasumi Yuko | 山野一平 | TV | — | 40 |
| 1994 | 男嫌い | TV | — | 40 | |
| 1994 | Pro Golfer Oribe 2: Par is Fine | Film | — | 40 | |
| 1993 | Madadayo | Tada | Film | 7.3 | 39 |
| 1993 | Rex: A Dinosaur's Story | Daisuke Morioka | Film | 5.5 | 39 |
| 1993 | Rainbow Bridge | Film | 8.0 | 39 | |
| 1993 | Pro Golfer Oribe Kinjiro | Shinzaburo | Film | — | 39 |
| 1992 | Waga Machi | TV | — | 38 | |
| 1992 | Hold Me and Kiss Me | Film | 8.0 | 38 | |
| 1991 | Kimi no na wa | 水沢謙吾 | TV | 7.5 | 37 |
| 1991 | Thriller CRT | Film | 7.0 | 37 | |
| 1991 | Tsurumoku Dokushinryô | Film | — | 37 | |
| 1990 | Tales of the Bizarre | TV | 7.8 | 36 | |
| 1990 | The Great White Tower | Shuji Satomi | TV | — | 36 |
| 1990 | Bakayarô! 3: Weird Bunch | Film | 7.0 | 36 | |
| 1989 | Music Box | Mineyama | Film | 8.0 | 35 |
| 1988 | Love Bites Back | Kotaro Yamazaki | Film | 4.0 | 34 |
| 1987 | Twilight of the Cockroaches | Yasuo (voice) | Film | 6.2 | 33 |
| 1987 | Carefree Goddesses | Film | 7.0 | 33 | |
| 1987 | 悪夢の花嫁 | TV | — | 33 | |
| 1987 | Actress | Nakama | Film | 7.7 | 33 |
| 1987 | The Great Department Store Robbery | Film | 9.0 | 33 | |
| 1987 | Mr. Hacchaki's Tokyo Game | Film | — | 33 | |
| 1987 | Ai wa kurosuoba | Film | — | 33 | |
| 1986 | Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies | Film | 6.6 | 32 | |
| 1986 | The Tailor-Made Shirt | TV | — | 32 | |
| 1986 | One Who Died in Vain | Film | 7.8 | 32 | |
| 1986 | 愛しのチィパッパ | Film | 9.0 | 32 | |
| 1986 | Spectacle of Buds | Ajisawa | Film | 4.0 | 32 |
| 1986 | Surgical Designs in Flames | Film | 10.0 | 32 | |
| 1985 | Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters | Thug | Film | 7.8 | 31 |
| 1985 | Capone Cries a Lot | Torakichi | Film | 6.0 | 31 |
| 1985 | Nuclear Gypsies | Film | 6.7 | 31 | |
| 1985 | Tora-san, the Go-Between | Tamio Sakata | Film | 6.9 | 31 |
| 1984 | Shanghai Rhapsody | Shinzou Hirota | Film | 7.0 | 30 |
| 1984 | The Audition | Hidemaru Mamiya | Film | — | 30 |
| 1983 | Nogare no machi | Film | 7.0 | 29 | |
| 1983 | Choji Snack Bar | Ochi | Film | 7.8 | 29 |
| 1983 | Theater Of Life | Film | 9.0 | 29 | |
| 1983 | Time and Tide | Film | 7.3 | 29 | |
| 1983 | The Politicians | Ogushi | Film | — | 29 |
| 1983 | Kigeki kazoku dōmei | Film | — | 29 | |
| 1982 | Gate of Youth 2 | Masakazu Kawachi | Film | 10.0 | 28 |
| 1982 | Fall Guy | Yasu | Film | 6.4 | 28 |
| 1982 | The Man from Shimizu | Film | — | 28 | |
| 1982 | Pinwheel Hamakichi’s Spell 2 | Film | — | 28 |