Rentaro Mikuni
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1923-01-20
Day of Death
2013-04-14 (90 years old)
Place of Birth
Ota, Gunma Prefecture, Japan
Rentaro Mikuni
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.
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Known For
Acting
(2012)
Chronicle of My Mother
as Hayato
(2011)
(2011)
(2009)
Through the Mist
as (Archive Footage)
(2009)
(2008)
(2007)
(2006)
(2005)
Free and Easy 16
as Suzuki
(2004)
(2003)
The Wind Carpet
as Kinta Nakata
(2003)
Free and Easy 14
as Suzuki Ichinosuke
(2001)
(2001)
(2000)
(1999)
The Old Man and the Sea
as (voice)
(1999)
Will to Live
as Yasukichi
(1998)
Free and Easy: Samurai Edition
as Ichinosuke Suzuki
(1998)
Free and Easy 10
as Ichinosuke Suzuki
(1997)
Free and Easy 9
as Ichinosuke Suzuki
(1996)
Oishinbo
as Yuzan Kaibara
(1996)
Free and Easy 8
as Ichinosuke Suzuki
(1995)
(1994)
The Friends
as Kihachi Denpo
(1994)
Turning Point
as Urano
(1994)
(1994)
(1993)
The Last Dance
as Buhei Mukai
(1993)
Making of Daibyonin
as Self
(1993)
Free and Easy 6
as Ichinosuke Suzuki
(1992)
Basara: The Princess Goh
as Junsai
(1992)
Luminous Moss
as Headmaster / Captain
(1992)
Free and Easy 5
as Ichinosuke Suzuki
(1991)
My Sons
as Akio Asano
(1991)
Free and Easy 4
as Ichinosuke Suzuki
(1990)
Free and Easy 3
as Ichinosuke Suzuki
(1989)
Free and Easy 2
as Ichinosuke Suzuki
(1989)
Rikyu
as Rikyu
(1988)
Free and Easy
as Ichinosuke Suzuki
(1988)
A Taxing Woman's Return
as Teppei Onisawa
(1988)
(1988)
Wuthering Heights
as Takamaru
(1987)
(1987)
(1986)
A Human Promise
as Ryôsaku Morimoto
(1986)
Beyond the Shining Sea
as Takeya Oumi
(1985)
(1984)
(1984)
The Street of Desire
as Tadao Shimoda
(1983)
The Women of Osaka Castle
as Toyotomi Hideyoshi
(1982)
The Go Masters
as 松波麟作
(1981)
(1981)
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
as Hajime Sandaiji
(1981)
(1980)
Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely
as Hachiro Munakata
(1980)
(1979)
Vengeance Is Mine
as Shizuo Enokizu
(1979)
(1978)
August without Emperor
as Tameichiro Emi
(1978)
Never Give Up
as Kazunari Ohba
(1977)
Mount Hakkoda
as Major Yamada
(1977)
(1977)
Sweet Revenge
as Kinzo Otsuka
(1977)
The Journalist: Rokko/Kikutake Sunao
as Sunao Kikutake
(1976)
(1976)
Barefoot Gen
as Father
(1976)
The Inugami Family
as Sahei Inugami
(1975)
Solar Eclipse
as Conservative MP
(1975)
Two in the Amsterdam Rain
as Masaoka
(1974)
Himiko
as Nashime
(1974)
The Tattered Banner
as Shozo Tanaka
(1974)
Scalpel
as Shiro Kikukawa
(1973)
Deeper Than Blue
as Yukiyoshi Tamiya
(1973)
Coup d'Etat
as Ikki Kita
(1972)
Journey Into Solitude
as Kunitaro Matsuda
(1972)
(1972)
The Rendezvous
as Detective Yamamuro
(1972)
Zatoichi at Large
as Boss Tetsugoro
(1971)
Confessions Among Actresses
as Minakawa
(1971)
The Earth is Born Again
as Eisuke Noda
(1971)
Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
as Shigata Komijiro
(1971)
Miyamoto Musashi VI: Swords of Death
as Baiken Shishido
(1971)
Shadow of Deception
as Keitaro Nishida
(1971)
(1970)
Duel at Fort Ezo
as Shimbei Usa
(1970)
City of Beasts
as Yusaku Ishihama
(1970)
Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
as Shigata Komijiro
(1969)
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
as Kamo Serizawa
(1968)
Profound Desires of the Gods
as Nekichi Futori
(1968)
(1967)
Zatoichi the Outlaw
as Asagoro
(1966)
Captive's Island
as Daigoku
(1966)
Thirst for Love
as Tetsuya Ezaki
(1966)
The Threat
as Misawa
(1966)
Glorious Fights
as Genichiro Gunji
(1965)
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
as Muneaki Takuan - Priest
(1965)
Kwaidan
as Husband (segment "The Black Hair")
(1965)
A Fugitive from the Past
as Takichi Inukai
(1965)
Tale of Japanese Burglars
as Gisuke Hayashida
(1964)
(1964)
A Story from Echigo
as Gonsuke Sabu
(1964)
Wolves, Pigs & Men
as Ichiro Kuroki, The eldest brother
(1963)
(1963)
(1963)
Tale of Army Brutality
as Yahichi Inumaru
(1963)
Tokyo Untouchable: Escape
as Naoto, Nishiyama
(1963)
Zoku ôsho
as Sakita Sankichi
(1963)
The Life of a Horse-Trader
as 片山米太郎
(1963)
Escape from Hell
as Shinpei
(1962)
Harakiri
as Kageyu Saito
(1962)
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
as Muneaki Takuan
(1962)
The Broken Commandment
as Rentaro Inoko
(1962)
Tokyo Untouchable
as Naoto Nishiyama
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
The Christian Revolt
as Uemonsaku
(1962)
(1962)
(1961)
The Catch
as Kazumasa Takano
(1961)
Miyamoto Musashi
as Muneaki Takuan
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1960)
(1960)
Devotion to Railway
as Yoshito Matsuzaki
(1960)
(1960)
(1959)
Thus Another Day
as Kenzô Akada
(1959)
(1959)
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
as Newspaperman A
(1959)
The Murderer Must Die
as Tetsuo Yazaki
(1959)
(1958)
(1958)
Wind, Woman and Road
as Sentaro
(1958)
Night Drum
as Hikokurô Ogura
(1958)
Face in the Dark
as Kijima
(1958)
The Outsiders
as Takeshi Ohiwa
(1958)
(1957)
Stepbrothers
as Hantaro Kido
(1957)
The Eagle and the Hawk
as Keizo Sasaki
(1957)
But the Flesh is Weak
as Ichiro Kurakoshi
(1956)
The Burmese Harp
as Captain Inouye
(1956)
Crossroad
as Shōgo Ise
(1956)
Phoenix
as (Uncredited)
(1956)
(1956)
(1956)
(1956)
(1955)
(1955)
(1955)
Policeman's Diary
as Patrolman Hanakawa
(1955)
Till We Meet Again
as Jiro Sone
(1955)
(1955)
(1955)
(1955)
(1955)
(1955)
(1954)
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
as Matahachi
(1954)
(1954)
(1954)
Farewell Rabaul
as Captain Katase
(1954)
(1954)
Itsuko to sono haha
as Yasukazu Sugi
(1953)
(1953)
(1953)
(1953)
The Eagle of the Pacific
as Staff Officer (uncredited)
(1953)
My Wonderful Yellow Car
as The burglar
(1953)
Red-Light Bases
as Koichi Kawanabe
(1953)
(1953)
(1953)
The Lovers
as Sugawa
(1953)
(1953)
Wife
as Tadashi Tanimura
(1953)
Husband and Wife
as Ryota Takemura
(1952)
Sword for Hire
as Tachibana Jurata
(1952)
(1952)
Shanghai Rose
as Manabe, First lieutenant
(1952)
(1952)
(1952)
Adolescence
as Teacher Harada
(1952)
Beauty and the Thief
as Kuroki no Jiro
(1951)
(1951)
Fireworks Over the Sea
as Tsuyoshi Yabuki
(1951)
The Good Fairy
as Rentaro Mikuni, news reporter
(1951)
Boyhood
as Teacher Shimomura
(1951)
Crew
(1987)
Shinran: Path to Purity
Director, Screenplay