Rentaro Mikuni
Acting
Born: January 20, 1923 · Ota, Gunma, Japan
Died: April 14, 2013 (aged 90)
Highest Rated
Biography
Rentaro Mikuni (三國 連太郎, Mikuni Rentarō, born January 20, 1923) was a Japanese actor from Gunma Prefecture. He appeared in over 150 films since making his screen debut in 1951, and won three Japanese Academy Awards for Best Actor, and a further seven nominations. He also won two Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Actor, in 1960 and in 1989. Kōichi Satō is his son. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rentaro Mikuni, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Harakiri
1962
Kwaidan
1965
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
1954
The Burmese Harp
1956
The Old Man and the Sea
1999
Vengeance Is Mine
1979
Profound Desires of the Gods
1968
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
1981
A Taxing Woman's Return
1988
A Fugitive from the Past
1965
Zatoichi the Outlaw
1967
Zatoichi at Large
1972
Photos (5)
Movies (191)
Harakiri
Kageyu Saito
Kwaidan
Husband (segment "The Black Hair")
Never Give Up
Kazunari Ohba
Vengeance Is Mine
Shizuo Enokizu
Profound Desires of the Gods
Nekichi Futori
Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely
Hachiro Munakata
Captive's Island
Daigoku
The Old Man and the Sea
(voice)
Zatoichi at Large
Boss Tetsugoro
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Matahachi
The Street of Desire
Tadao Shimoda
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
Hajime Sandaiji
The Burmese Harp
Captain Inouye
A Fugitive from the Past
Takichi Inukai
Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
Shigata Komijiro
Wife
Tadashi Tanimura
The Friends
Kihachi Denpo
The Murderer Must Die
Tetsuo Yazaki
The Inugami Family
Sahei Inugami
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
Newspaperman A
But the Flesh is Weak
Ichiro Kurakoshi
Beauty and the Thief
Kuroki no Jiro
Himiko
Nashime
Neon taiheiki
1968
Mount Hakkoda
Major Yamada
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
1952
The Christian Revolt
Uemonsaku
Wolves, Pigs & Men
Ichiro Kuroki, The eldest brother
Confessions Among Actresses
Minakawa
The Go Masters
松波麟作
Free and Easy 2
Ichinosuke Suzuki
Miyamoto Musashi
Muneaki Takuan
Chronicle of My Mother
Hayato
Till We Meet Again
Jiro Sone
My Sons
Akio Asano
A Taxing Woman's Return
Teppei Onisawa
Wuthering Heights
Takamaru
Shinran: Path to Purity
1987
Free and Easy 16
Suzuki
Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project
2001
City
1961
Zatoichi the Outlaw
Asagoro
Adolescence
Teacher Harada
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
Muneaki Takuan
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
Kamo Serizawa
Free and Easy 19
2008
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
Takuan
A Story from Echigo
Gonsuke Sabu
The Last Dance
Buhei Mukai
The Threat
Misawa
The Broken Commandment
Rentaro Inoko
Free and Easy 5
Ichinosuke Suzuki
Wandering Shore
1956
Mitabi no kaikyô
1995
The King
1962
Journey Into Solitude
Kunitaro Matsuda
Free and Easy 6
Ichinosuke Suzuki
Free and Easy 4
Ichinosuke Suzuki
Sweet Revenge
Kinzo Otsuka
The Rendezvous
Detective Yamamuro
Free and Easy 17
2006
Free and Easy 15
2004
Free and Easy 8
Ichinosuke Suzuki
Rikyu
Rikyu
Through the Mist
(archive footage)
The Wind Carpet
Kinta Nakata
Will to Live
Yasukichi
Solar Eclipse
Conservative MP
The Catch
Kazumasa Takano
The Outsiders
Takeshi Ohiwa
Tale of Army Brutality
Yahichi Inumaru
Farewell Rabaul
Captain Katase
Tokyo Untouchable
Naoto Nishiyama
Devotion to Railway
Yoshito Matsuzaki
River of Fireflies
1987
Husband and Wife
Ryota Takemura
City of Beasts
Yusaku Ishihama
Shadow of Deception
Keitaro Nishida
Luminous Moss
Headmaster / Captain
Stepbrothers
Hantaro Kido
Free and Easy 18
2007
Someday
2011
Free and Easy 7
1994
Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
Shigata Komijiro
Policeman's Diary, Part 2
1955
Nomugi Pass
1979
About Love
1953
Tale of Japanese Burglars
Gisuke Hayashida
The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro
1977
Bodyguard from Hell
1955
Lone Wolf and Cub
Yagyū Retsudō
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
Muneaki Takuan - Priest
The Possessed
1976
Turning Point
Urano
Striving to Live
1955
Free and Easy 3
Ichinosuke Suzuki
Thus Another Day
Kenzô Akada
Zoku ôsho
Sakita Sankichi
Fateful Birthplace
1961
The Eagle of the Pacific
Staff Officer (uncredited)
Yoku
1958
Sword for Hire
Tachibana Jurata
Onihei Crime Files: Conscience of a Worm
Chubei
A Human Promise
Ryôsaku Morimoto
Miyamoto Musashi VI: Swords of Death
Baiken Shishido
Hell's Kitchen
1962
Two in the Amsterdam Rain
Masaoka
Deeper Than Blue
Yukiyoshi Tamiya
Oishinbo
Yuzan Kaibara
Rennyo and His Mother
1981
The Great Road
1960
The Fugitive Samurai
1984
Basara: The Princess Goh
Junsai
Glorious Fights
Genichiro Gunji
Itsuko to sono haha
Yasukazu Sugi
Night Drum
Hikokurô Ogura
Free and Easy 10
Ichinosuke Suzuki
Free and Easy 20: Final
2009
Waga seishun no toki
1975
3,000 Kilometer Trap
1971
The Lovers
Sugawa
Run, Genta, Run!
1961
Futari dake no toride
1963
Free and Easy 9
Ichinosuke Suzuki
August Without Emperor
Tameichiro Emi
Beyond the Shining Sea
Takeya Oumi
Coup d'Etat
Ikki Kita
Free and Easy 11
2000
The Undefeated Woman
1958
Free and Easy 14
Suzuki Ichinosuke
The Escape
1962
The Red Light Military Base
Koichi Kawanabe
Boyhood
Teacher Shimomura
Escape from Hell
Shinpei
The Women of Osaka Castle
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
The Life of Rikisha-Man
1963
Fireworks Over the Sea
Tsuyoshi Yabuki
Free and Easy: Samurai Edition
Ichinosuke Suzuki
My Wonderful Yellow Car
The burglar
A Single Drop of Water in a Mighty River
2001
Umineko ga tonde
1962
Beauty of Life
1951
Turbid Youth
1954
Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy
1972
Dotanba
1956
The Eagle and the Hawk
Keizo Sasaki
The Samurai of Edo
1955
The Earth is Born Again
Eisuke Noda
Policeman's Diary
Patrolman Hanakawa
Free and Easy
Ichinosuke Suzuki
The Bear Storm
1980
Omatsuri hanjiro
1953
Crossroad
Shōgo Ise
Hunting Opium-Eaters
1960
Free and Easy Special
1994
The Tattered Banner
Shozo Tanaka
Tokyo Untouchable: Escape
Naoto, Nishiyama
Duel at Fort Ezo
Shimbei Usa
Doctor's Day Off
1952
The Song of the Cart
1959
Reunion
1953
Thirst for Love
Tetsuya Ezaki
The Stragglers
1960
Story of Lightning
1951
Nikoyon monogatari
1956
Women's House
1954
Face in the Dark
Kijima
Escape Zone
1953
The Good Fairy
Rentaro Mikuni, news reporter
A Hole of My Own Making
1955
Vanished Glory
1955
The Rotten Wheelbarrow
2014
Shanghai Rose
Manabe, First lieutenant
The Life of a Horse-Trader
片山米太郎
Phoenix
Film actor (uncredited)
The Beautiful Nuns
1955
A Dead Drifter
1959
Koibito-tachi no iru machi
1953
Wind, Woman and Road
Sentaro
Auto Town
1981
The Whisper of Spring
1952
Kimi ga kagayaku toki
1985
Three Faces
1955
Rainbow Cape
1999
Barefoot Gen
Father
Scalpel
Shiro Kikukawa
Good Son-in-Law
1954
The Blue Revolution
1953
Evil Reward
1956
The Journalist: Rokko/Kikutake Sunao
Sunao Kikutake
Like Fire is My Life
1961
