Rentaro Mikuni
Actor · Director · WriterRentaro 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
FILMOGRAPHY
ACTOR193
The Rotten Wheelbarrow
2014
Chronicle of My Mother
2012
Hayato
Someday
2011
Onihei Crime Files: Conscience of a Worm
2011
Chubei
Through the Mist
2009
(archive footage)
Free and Easy 20: Final
2009
Free and Easy 19
2008
Free and Easy 18
2007
Free and Easy 17
2006
Free and Easy 16
2005
Suzuki
Free and Easy 15
2004
Free and Easy 14
2003
Suzuki Ichinosuke
The Wind Carpet
2003
Kinta Nakata
Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project
2001
A Single Drop of Water in a Mighty River
2001
Free and Easy 11
2000
Will to Live
1999
Yasukichi
The Old Man and the Sea
1999
(voice)
Rainbow Cape
1999
Free and Easy 10
1998
Ichinosuke Suzuki
Free and Easy: Samurai Edition
1998
Ichinosuke Suzuki
Free and Easy 9
1997
Ichinosuke Suzuki
Oishinbo
1996
Yuzan Kaibara
Free and Easy 8
1996
Ichinosuke Suzuki
Mitabi no kaikyô
1995
The Friends
1994
Kihachi Denpo
Free and Easy 7
1994
Free and Easy Special
1994
Turning Point
1994
Urano
The Last Dance
1993
Buhei Mukai
Making of Daibyonin
1993
Self
Free and Easy 6
1993
Ichinosuke Suzuki
Film Director Satsuo Yamamoto
1993
Self
Luminous Moss
1992
Headmaster / Captain
Basara: The Princess Goh
1992
Junsai
Free and Easy 5
1992
Ichinosuke Suzuki
My Sons
1991
Akio Asano
Free and Easy 4
1991
Ichinosuke Suzuki
Free and Easy 3
1990
Ichinosuke Suzuki
Rikyu
1989
Rikyu
Free and Easy 2
1989
Ichinosuke Suzuki
The Making of "A Taxing Woman's Return"
1988
Self
Wuthering Heights
1988
Takamaru
A Taxing Woman's Return
1988
Teppei Onisawa
Free and Easy
1988
Ichinosuke Suzuki
Shinran: Path to Purity
1987
River of Fireflies
1987
A Human Promise
1986
Ryôsaku Morimoto
Beyond the Shining Sea
1986
Takeya Oumi
Kimi ga kagayaku toki
1985
The Fugitive Samurai
1984
The Street of Desire
1984
Tadao Shimoda
Lone Wolf and Cub
1984
Yagyū Retsudō
The Women of Osaka Castle
1983
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
The Go Masters
1982
松波麟作
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
1981
Hajime Sandaiji
Rennyo and His Mother
1981
Auto Town
1981
The Bear Storm
1980
Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely
1980
Hachiro Munakata
Vengeance Is Mine
1979
Shizuo Enokizu
Nomugi Pass
1979
Never Give Up
1978
Kazunari Ohba
August Without Emperor
1978
Tameichiro Emi
Mount Hakkoda
1977
Major Yamada
The Journalist: Rokko/Kikutake Sunao
1977
Sunao Kikutake
Sweet Revenge
1977
Kinzo Otsuka
The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro
1977
The Possessed
1976
Barefoot Gen
1976
Father
The Inugami Family
1976
Sahei Inugami
Two in the Amsterdam Rain
1975
Masaoka
Solar Eclipse
1975
Conservative MP
Himiko
1974
Nashime
The Tattered Banner
1974
Shozo Tanaka
Scalpel
1974
Shiro Kikukawa
Coup d'Etat
1973
Ikki Kita
Deeper Than Blue
1973
Yukiyoshi Tamiya
Zatoichi at Large
1972
Boss Tetsugoro
The Rendezvous
1972
Detective Yamamuro
Journey Into Solitude
1972
Kunitaro Matsuda
Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy
1972
3,000 Kilometer Trap
1971
Miyamoto Musashi VI: Swords of Death
1971
Baiken Shishido
Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
1971
Shigata Komijiro
Shadow of Deception
1971
Keitaro Nishida
Confessions Among Actresses
1971
Minakawa
The Earth is Born Again
1971
Eisuke Noda
Duel at Fort Ezo
1970
Shimbei Usa
Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
1970
Shigata Komijiro
City of Beasts
1970
Yusaku Ishihama
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
1969
Kamo Serizawa
Neon taiheiki
1968
Profound Desires of the Gods
1968
Nekichi Futori
Zatoichi the Outlaw
1967
Asagoro
Captive's Island
1966
Daigoku
Glorious Fights
1966
Genichiro Gunji
The Threat
1966
Misawa
Thirst for Love
1966
Tetsuya Ezaki
Kwaidan
1965
Husband (segment "The Black Hair")
Tokyo Untouchable
1965
Naoto Nishiyama
A Fugitive from the Past
1965
Takichi Inukai
Tale of Japanese Burglars
1965
Gisuke Hayashida
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
1965
Muneaki Takuan - Priest
Wolves, Pigs & Men
1964
Ichiro Kuroki, The eldest brother
A Story from Echigo
1964
Gonsuke Sabu
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
1964
Takuan
The Life of a Horse-Trader
1963
片山米太郎
Futari dake no toride
1963
The Life of Rikisha-Man
1963
Tokyo Untouchable: Escape
1963
Naoto, Nishiyama
Escape from Hell
1963
Shinpei
Zoku ôsho
1963
Sakita Sankichi
Tale of Army Brutality
1963
Yahichi Inumaru
Umineko ga tonde
1962
The King
1962
Harakiri
1962
Kageyu Saito
The Christian Revolt
1962
Uemonsaku
The Broken Commandment
1962
Rentaro Inoko
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
1962
Muneaki Takuan
The Escape
1962
Hell's Kitchen
1962
Like Fire is My Life
1961
Fateful Birthplace
1961
The Catch
1961
Kazumasa Takano
Miyamoto Musashi
1961
Muneaki Takuan
Run, Genta, Run!
1961
City
1961
The Stragglers
1960
Devotion to Railway
1960
Yoshito Matsuzaki
The Great Road
1960
Hunting Opium-Eaters
1960
A Dead Drifter
1959
Thus Another Day
1959
Kenzô Akada
The Song of the Cart
1959
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
1959
Newspaperman A
The Murderer Must Die
1959
Tetsuo Yazaki
The Undefeated Woman
1958
Yoku
1958
The Outsiders
1958
Takeshi Ohiwa
Wind, Woman and Road
1958
Sentaro
Night Drum
1958
Hikokurô Ogura
Face in the Dark
1958
Kijima
The Eagle and the Hawk
1957
Keizo Sasaki
Stepbrothers
1957
Hantaro Kido
But the Flesh is Weak
1957
Ichiro Kurakoshi
The Burmese Harp
1956
Captain Inouye
Dotanba
1956
Ryûri no kishi
1956
Phoenix
1956
(Uncredited)
Evil Reward
1956
Nikoyon monogatari
1956
Crossroad
1956
Shōgo Ise
Bodyguard from Hell
1955
Three Faces
1955
Striving to Live
1955
The Beautiful Nuns
1955
Policeman's Diary
1955
Patrolman Hanakawa
A Hole of My Own Making
1955
Till We Meet Again
1955
Jiro Sone
Policeman's Diary, Part 2
1955
The Samurai of Edo
1955
Vanished Glory
1955
Good Son-in-Law
1954
Turbid Youth
1954
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
1954
Matahachi
Farewell Rabaul
1954
Captain Katase
Itsuko to sono haha
1954
Yasukazu Sugi
Women's House
1954
Koibito-tachi no iru machi
1953
Escape Zone
1953
Aijô ni tsuite
1953
Omatsuri hanjiro
1953
Husband and Wife
1953
Ryota Takemura
Wife
1953
Tadashi Tanimura
The Lovers
1953
Sugawa
The Eagle of the Pacific
1953
Staff Officer (uncredited)
My Wonderful Yellow Car
1953
The burglar
The Red Light Military Base
1953
Koichi Kawanabe
The Blue Revolution
1953
Reunion
1953
Doctor's Day Off
1952
Beauty and the Thief
1952
Kuroki no Jiro
Sword for Hire
1952
Tachibana Jurata
Shanghai Rose
1952
Manabe, First lieutenant
Adolescence
1952
Teacher Harada
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
1952
The Whisper of Spring
1952
Boyhood
1951
Teacher Shimomura
The Good Fairy
1951
Rentaro Mikuni, news reporter
Fireworks Over the Sea
1951
Tsuyoshi Yabuki
Beauty of Life
1951
Story of Lightning
1951
