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, January 20, 1923-April 14, 2013) 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 (3)
Movies (192)
Harakiri
Kageyu Saito
Kwaidan
Husband (segment "The Black Hair")
Vengeance Is Mine
Shizuo Enokizu
The Burmese Harp
Captain Inouye
Chronicle of My Mother
Hayato
The Last Dance
Buhei Mukai
The Street of Desire
Tadao Shimoda
Mount Hakkoda
Major Yamada
Wolves, Pigs & Men
Ichiro Kuroki, The eldest brother
Rikyu
Rikyu
The Inugami Family
Sahei Inugami
Night Drum
Hikokurô Ogura
Miyamoto Musashi
Muneaki Takuan
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
Hajime Sandaiji
Zatoichi the Outlaw
Asagoro
Turning Point
Urano
Till We Meet Again
Jiro Sone
Solar Eclipse
Conservative MP
The Friends
Kihachi Denpo
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
Takuan
A Taxing Woman's Return
Teppei Onisawa
A Fugitive from the Past
Takichi Inukai
Tale of Japanese Burglars
Gisuke Hayashida
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Matahachi
The Old Man and the Sea
(voice)
Free and Easy 2
Ichinosuke Suzuki
Zatoichi at Large
Boss Tetsugoro
August Without Emperor
Tameichiro Emi
A Human Promise
Ryôsaku Morimoto
Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely
Hachiro Munakata
Sweet Revenge
Kinzo Otsuka
Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
Shigata Komijiro
Stepbrothers
Hantaro Kido
Luminous Moss
Headmaster / Captain
The Threat
Misawa
The Broken Commandment
Rentaro Inoko
Profound Desires of the Gods
Nekichi Futori
Basara: The Princess Goh
Junsai
Free and Easy 3
Ichinosuke Suzuki
Coup d'Etat
Ikki Kita
Wuthering Heights
Takamaru
Husband and Wife
Ryota Takemura
Doctor's Day Off
1952
Free and Easy 18
2007
Oishinbo
Yuzan Kaibara
Super Hawk Volume II
1954
A Dead Drifter
1959
The Go Masters
松波麟作
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
Muneaki Takuan - Priest
Free and Easy 15
2004
Never Give Up
Kazunari Ohba
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
Kamo Serizawa
The Catch
Kazumasa Takano
Free and Easy 17
2006
The Rendezvous
Detective Yamamuro
Himiko
Nashime
Beauty of Life
1951
Fireworks Over the Sea
Tsuyoshi Yabuki
The Eagle of the Pacific
Staff Officer (uncredited)
Someday
2011
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
1952
The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro
1977
Captive's Island
Daigoku
Policeman's Diary
Patrolman Hanakawa
Bodyguard from Hell
1955
A Story from Echigo
Gonsuke Sabu
Free and Easy Special
1994
The Samurai of Edo
1955
Escape from Hell
Shinpei
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
Muneaki Takuan
Tokyo Untouchable
Naoto Nishiyama
3,000 Kilometer Trap
1971
The Wind Carpet
Kinta Nakata
River of Fireflies
1987
Confessions Among Actresses
Minakawa
Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
Shigata Komijiro
Tale of Army Brutality
Yahichi Inumaru
The Christian Revolt
Uemonsaku
Free and Easy 4
Ichinosuke Suzuki
The Great Road
1960
The Tattered Banner
Shozo Tanaka
Nomugi Pass
1979
The Escape
1962
About Love
1953
Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project
2001
Turbid Youth
1954
Striving to Live
1955
Free and Easy 10
Ichinosuke Suzuki
My Sons
Akio Asano
The King
Sankichi Sakata
The Good Fairy
Rentaro Mikuni, news reporter
Free and Easy
Ichinosuke Suzuki
Free and Easy 5
Ichinosuke Suzuki
Will to Live
Yasukichi
Free and Easy 6
Ichinosuke Suzuki
The Fugitive Samurai
1984
Farewell Rabaul
Captain Katase
Glorious Fights
Genichiro Gunji
Sword for Hire
Tachibana Jurata
Crossroad
Shōgo Ise
A Single Drop of Water in a Mighty River
2001
My Wonderful Yellow Car
The burglar
Deeper Than Blue
Yukiyoshi Tamiya
Through the Mist
(archive footage)
Free and Easy 7
1994
Shanghai Rose
Manabe, First lieutenant
Free and Easy: Samurai Edition
Ichinosuke Suzuki
Run, Genta, Run!
1961
Dotanba
1956
Free and Easy 19
2008
Escape Zone
1953
Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy
1972
Reunion
1953
The Outsiders
Takeshi Ohiwa
The Bear Storm
1980
Yoku
1958
Rennyo and His Mother
1981
Adolescence
Teacher Harada
The Red Light Military Base
Koichi Kawanabe
The Lovers
Sugawa
Duel at Fort Ezo
Shimbei Usa
Policeman's Diary, Part 2
1955
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
Newspaperman A
Free and Easy 16
Suzuki
Itsuko to sono haha
Yasukazu Sugi
Onihei Crime Files: Conscience of a Worm
Chubei
Lone Wolf and Cub
Yagyū Retsudō
City of Beasts
Yusaku Ishihama
The Possessed
1976
Wife
Tadashi Tanimura
The Stragglers
1960
But the Flesh is Weak
Ichiro Kurakoshi
Boyhood
Teacher Shimomura
Free and Easy 11
2000
Journey Into Solitude
Kunitaro Matsuda
The Eagle and the Hawk
Keizo Sasaki
The Beautiful Nuns
1955
Phoenix
Film actor (uncredited)
Devotion to Railway
Yoshito Matsuzaki
The Earth is Born Again
Eisuke Noda
Free and Easy 20: Final
2009
Nikoyon monogatari
1956
Koibito-tachi no iru machi
1953
Face in the Dark
Kijima
Barefoot Gen
Father
Hell's Kitchen
1962
Auto Town
1981
Free and Easy 14
Suzuki Ichinosuke
Vanished Glory
1955
Story of Lightning
1951
A Hole of My Own Making
1955
The Undefeated Woman
1958
The Life of a Horse-Trader
片山米太郎
Tokyo Untouchable: Escape
Naoto, Nishiyama
Two in the Amsterdam Rain
Masaoka
Free and Easy 9
Ichinosuke Suzuki
Women's House
1954
Shinran: Path to Purity
1987
Rainbow Cape
1999
Kimi ga kagayaku toki
1985
Waga seishun no toki
1975
City
1961
The Women of Osaka Castle
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Thirst for Love
Tetsuya Ezaki
The Song of the Cart
1959
Shadow of Deception
Keitaro Nishida
Free and Easy 8
Ichinosuke Suzuki
Thus Another Day
Kenzô Akada
Beyond the Shining Sea
Takeya Oumi
Mitabi no kaikyô
1995
Evil Reward
1956
Futari dake no toride
1963
The Life of Rikisha-Man
1963
The Murderer Must Die
Tetsuo Yazaki
The Three Faces
Ken'ichirō Kishi
Good Son-in-Law
1954
Fateful Birthplace
1961
Wandering Shore
1956
Umineko ga tonde
1962
The Whisper of Spring
1952
Wind, Woman and Road
Sentaro
The Neon Taiheiki
1968
Beauty and the Thief
Kuroki no Jiro
Zoku ôsho
Sakita Sankichi
The Blue Revolution
1953
Omatsuri hanjiro
1953
Like Fire is My Life
1961
Hunting Opium-Eaters
1960
Scalpel
Shiro Kikukawa
Miyamoto Musashi VI: Swords of Death
Baiken Shishido
The Journalist: Rokko/Kikutake Sunao
Sunao Kikutake
The Rotten Wheelbarrow
2014
