Rentaro Mikuni

Rentaro Mikuni

Known for
Acting
Born
January 20, 1923
Died
April 14, 2013 (aged 90)
Birthplace
Ota, Gunma, Japan

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

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Filmography

2014
The Rotten Wheelbarrow poster

The Rotten Wheelbarrow

Movie

2012
Chronicle of My Mother poster

Chronicle of My Mother

Movie · as Hayato

2011
Someday poster

Someday

Movie

2011
Onihei Crime Files: Conscience of a Worm poster

Onihei Crime Files: Conscience of a Worm

Movie · as Chubei

2009
Through the Mist poster

Through the Mist

Movie · as (archive footage)

2009
Free and Easy 20: Final poster

Free and Easy 20: Final

Movie

2008
Free and Easy 19 poster

Free and Easy 19

Movie

2007
Free and Easy 18 poster

Free and Easy 18

Movie

2006
Free and Easy 17 poster

Free and Easy 17

Movie

2005
Free and Easy 16 poster

Free and Easy 16

Movie · as Suzuki

2004
Free and Easy 15 poster

Free and Easy 15

Movie

2003
Free and Easy 14 poster

Free and Easy 14

Movie · as Suzuki Ichinosuke

2003
The Wind Carpet poster

The Wind Carpet

Movie · as Kinta Nakata

2002
Free and Easy 13 poster

Free and Easy 13

Movie

2001
Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project poster

Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project

Movie · as Ichinosuke Suzuki

2001
A Single Drop of Water in a Mighty River poster

A Single Drop of Water in a Mighty River

Movie

2000
Free and Easy 11 poster

Free and Easy 11

Movie

1999
Will to Live poster

Will to Live

Movie · as Yasukichi

1999
The Old Man and the Sea poster

The Old Man and the Sea

Movie · as (voice)

1999
Rainbow Cape poster

Rainbow Cape

Movie

1998
Free and Easy 10 poster

Free and Easy 10

Movie · as Ichinosuke Suzuki

1998
Free and Easy: Samurai Edition poster

Free and Easy: Samurai Edition

Movie · as Ichinosuke Suzuki

1997
Free and Easy 9 poster

Free and Easy 9

Movie · as Ichinosuke Suzuki

1996
Oishinbo poster

Oishinbo

Movie · as Yuzan Kaibara

1996
Free and Easy 8 poster

Free and Easy 8

Movie · as Ichinosuke Suzuki

1995
Mitabi no kaikyô poster

Mitabi no kaikyô

Movie

1994
The Friends poster

The Friends

Movie · as Kihachi Denpo

1994
Free and Easy 7 poster

Free and Easy 7

Movie

1994
Free and Easy Special poster

Free and Easy Special

Movie

1994
Turning Point poster

Turning Point

Movie · as Urano

1993
The Last Dance poster

The Last Dance

Movie · as Buhei Mukai

1993
Making of Daibyonin poster

Making of Daibyonin

Movie · as Self

1993
Free and Easy 6 poster

Free and Easy 6

Movie · as Ichinosuke Suzuki

1993
Film Director Satsuo Yamamoto poster

Film Director Satsuo Yamamoto

Movie · as Self

1992
Luminous Moss poster

Luminous Moss

Movie · as Headmaster / Captain

1992
Basara: The Princess Goh poster

Basara: The Princess Goh

Movie · as Junsai

1992
Free and Easy 5 poster

Free and Easy 5

Movie · as Ichinosuke Suzuki

1991
My Sons poster

My Sons

Movie · as Akio Asano

1991
Free and Easy 4 poster

Free and Easy 4

Movie · as Ichinosuke Suzuki

1990
Free and Easy 3 poster

Free and Easy 3

Movie · as Ichinosuke Suzuki

1989
Rikyu poster

Rikyu

Movie · as Rikyu

1989
Free and Easy 2 poster

Free and Easy 2

Movie · as Ichinosuke Suzuki

1988
The Making of "A Taxing Woman's Return" poster

The Making of "A Taxing Woman's Return"

Movie · as Self

1988
Wuthering Heights poster

Wuthering Heights

Movie · as Takamaru

1988
A Taxing Woman's Return poster

A Taxing Woman's Return

Movie · as Teppei Onisawa

1988
Free and Easy poster

Free and Easy

Movie · as Ichinosuke Suzuki

1987
Shinran: Path to Purity poster

Shinran: Path to Purity

Movie

1987
River of Fireflies poster

River of Fireflies

Movie

1986
A Human Promise poster

A Human Promise

Movie · as Ryôsaku Morimoto

1986
Beyond the Shining Sea poster

Beyond the Shining Sea

Movie · as Takeya Oumi

1985
Kimi ga kagayaku toki poster

Kimi ga kagayaku toki

Movie

1984
The Fugitive Samurai poster

The Fugitive Samurai

Movie

1984
The Street of Desire poster

The Street of Desire

Movie · as Tadao Shimoda

1984
Lone Wolf and Cub poster

Lone Wolf and Cub

Movie · as Yagyū Retsudō

1984
子連れ狼

子連れ狼

TV · 1 ep

1983
The Women of Osaka Castle poster

The Women of Osaka Castle

Movie · as Toyotomi Hideyoshi

1982
The Go Masters poster

The Go Masters

Movie · as 松波麟作

1981
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun poster

Sailor Suit and Machine Gun

Movie · as Hajime Sandaiji

1981
Rennyo and His Mother poster

Rennyo and His Mother

Movie

1981
Auto Town poster

Auto Town

Movie

1981
Sekigahara poster

Sekigahara

TV · as Masanobu Honda · 3 eps

1980
The Bear Storm poster

The Bear Storm

Movie

1980
Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely poster

Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely

Movie · as Hachiro Munakata

1980
Nukata no Ōkimi poster

Nukata no Ōkimi

TV · 2 eps

1980
Akai Shisen poster

Akai Shisen

TV · 2 eps

1979
Vengeance Is Mine poster

Vengeance Is Mine

Movie · as Shizuo Enokizu

1979
Nomugi Pass poster

Nomugi Pass

Movie

1978
Never Give Up poster

Never Give Up

Movie · as Kazunari Ohba

1978
August Without Emperor poster

August Without Emperor

Movie · as Tameichiro Emi

1978
Hito wa sore wo scandal to iu poster

Hito wa sore wo scandal to iu

TV · as Koichiro dojima · 21 eps

1978
Kazoku Netsu poster

Kazoku Netsu

TV · 2 eps

1977
Mount Hakkoda poster

Mount Hakkoda

Movie · as Major Yamada

1977
The Journalist: Rokko/Kikutake Sunao poster

The Journalist: Rokko/Kikutake Sunao

Movie · as Sunao Kikutake

1977
Sweet Revenge poster

Sweet Revenge

Movie · as Kinzo Otsuka

1977
The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro poster

The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro

Movie

1976
The Possessed poster

The Possessed

Movie

1976
Barefoot Gen poster

Barefoot Gen

Movie · as Father

1976
The Inugami Family poster

The Inugami Family

Movie · as Sahei Inugami

1976
Akai Unmei poster

Akai Unmei

TV · 28 eps

1975
Two in the Amsterdam Rain poster

Two in the Amsterdam Rain

Movie · as Masaoka

1975
Solar Eclipse poster

Solar Eclipse

Movie · as Conservative MP

1975
Waga seishun no toki poster

Waga seishun no toki

Movie

1974
Himiko poster

Himiko

Movie · as Nashime

1974
The Tattered Banner poster

The Tattered Banner

Movie · as Shozo Tanaka

1974
Scalpel poster

Scalpel

Movie · as Shiro Kikukawa

1973
Coup d'Etat poster

Coup d'Etat

Movie · as Ikki Kita

1973
Deeper Than Blue poster

Deeper Than Blue

Movie · as Yukiyoshi Tamiya

1972
Zatoichi at Large poster

Zatoichi at Large

Movie · as Boss Tetsugoro

1972
The Rendezvous poster

The Rendezvous

Movie · as Detective Yamamuro

1972
Journey Into Solitude poster

Journey Into Solitude

Movie · as Kunitaro Matsuda

1972
Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy poster

Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy

Movie

1972
Professional Killers poster

Professional Killers

TV · 1 ep

1972
Nemuri Kyoshiro poster

Nemuri Kyoshiro

TV · 1 ep

1971
3,000 Kilometer Trap poster

3,000 Kilometer Trap

Movie

1971
Miyamoto Musashi VI: Swords of Death poster

Miyamoto Musashi VI: Swords of Death

Movie · as Baiken Shishido

1971
Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow poster

Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow

Movie · as Shigata Komijiro

1971
Shadow of Deception poster

Shadow of Deception

Movie · as Keitaro Nishida

1971
Confessions Among Actresses poster

Confessions Among Actresses

Movie · as Minakawa

1971
The Earth is Born Again poster

The Earth is Born Again

Movie · as Eisuke Noda

1970
Duel at Fort Ezo poster

Duel at Fort Ezo

Movie · as Shimbei Usa

1970
Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny poster

Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny

Movie · as Shigata Komijiro

1970
City of Beasts poster

City of Beasts

Movie · as Yusaku Ishihama

1969
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor poster

Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor

Movie · as Kamo Serizawa

1968
The Neon Taiheiki poster

The Neon Taiheiki

Movie

1968
Profound Desires of the Gods poster

Profound Desires of the Gods

Movie · as Nekichi Futori

1967
Zatoichi the Outlaw poster

Zatoichi the Outlaw

Movie · as Asagoro

1967
剣

剣

TV · as Asaemon Yamada · 1 ep

1966
Captive's Island poster

Captive's Island

Movie · as Daigoku

1966
Glorious Fights poster

Glorious Fights

Movie · as Genichiro Gunji

1966
The Threat poster

The Threat

Movie · as Misawa

1966
Thirst for Love poster

Thirst for Love

Movie · as Tetsuya Ezaki

1965
Kwaidan poster

Kwaidan

Movie · as Husband (segment "The Black Hair")

1965
Tokyo Untouchable poster

Tokyo Untouchable

Movie · as Naoto Nishiyama

1965
A Fugitive from the Past poster

A Fugitive from the Past

Movie · as Takichi Inukai

1965
Tale of Japanese Burglars poster

Tale of Japanese Burglars

Movie · as Gisuke Hayashida

1965
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro poster

Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro

Movie · as Muneaki Takuan - Priest

1964
Wolves, Pigs & Men poster

Wolves, Pigs & Men

Movie · as Ichiro Kuroki, The eldest brother

1964
A Story from Echigo poster

A Story from Echigo

Movie · as Gonsuke Sabu

1964
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple poster

Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple

Movie · as Takuan

1963
The Life of a Horse-Trader poster

The Life of a Horse-Trader

Movie · as 片山米太郎

1963
Futari dake no toride poster

Futari dake no toride

Movie

1963
The Life of Rikisha-Man poster

The Life of Rikisha-Man

Movie

1963
Tokyo Untouchable: Escape poster

Tokyo Untouchable: Escape

Movie · as Naoto, Nishiyama

1963
Escape from Hell poster

Escape from Hell

Movie · as Shinpei

1963
The King 2 poster

The King 2

Movie · as Sakita Sankichi

1963
Tale of Army Brutality poster

Tale of Army Brutality

Movie · as Yahichi Inumaru

1962
Umineko ga tonde poster

Umineko ga tonde

Movie

1962
The King poster

The King

Movie · as Sankichi Sakata

1962
Harakiri poster

Harakiri

Movie · as Kageyu Saito

1962
The Christian Revolt poster

The Christian Revolt

Movie · as Uemonsaku

1962
The Broken Commandment poster

The Broken Commandment

Movie · as Rentaro Inoko

1962
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights poster

Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights

Movie · as Muneaki Takuan

1962
The Escape poster

The Escape

Movie

1962
Hell's Kitchen poster

Hell's Kitchen

Movie

1961
Like Fire is My Life poster

Like Fire is My Life

Movie

1961
Fateful Birthplace poster

Fateful Birthplace

Movie

1961
The Catch poster

The Catch

Movie · as Kazumasa Takano

1961
Miyamoto Musashi poster

Miyamoto Musashi

Movie · as Muneaki Takuan

1961
Run, Genta, Run! poster

Run, Genta, Run!

Movie

1961
City poster

City

Movie

1960
The Stragglers poster

The Stragglers

Movie

1960
Devotion to Railway poster

Devotion to Railway

Movie · as Yoshito Matsuzaki

1960
The Great Road poster

The Great Road

Movie

1960
Hunting Opium-Eaters poster

Hunting Opium-Eaters

Movie

1959
A Dead Drifter poster

A Dead Drifter

Movie

1959
Thus Another Day poster

Thus Another Day

Movie · as Kenzô Akada

1959
The Song of the Cart poster

The Song of the Cart

Movie

1959
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan poster

Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan

Movie · as Newspaperman A

1959
The Murderer Must Die poster

The Murderer Must Die

Movie · as Tetsuo Yazaki

1958
The Undefeated Woman poster

The Undefeated Woman

Movie

1958
Yoku poster

Yoku

Movie

1958
The Outsiders poster

The Outsiders

Movie · as Takeshi Ohiwa

1958
Wind, Woman and Road poster

Wind, Woman and Road

Movie · as Sentaro

1958
Night Drum poster

Night Drum

Movie · as Hikokurô Ogura

1958
Face in the Dark poster

Face in the Dark

Movie · as Kijima

1957
The Eagle and the Hawk poster

The Eagle and the Hawk

Movie · as Keizo Sasaki

1957
Stepbrothers poster

Stepbrothers

Movie · as Hantaro Kido

1957
But the Flesh is Weak poster

But the Flesh is Weak

Movie · as Ichiro Kurakoshi

1956
The Burmese Harp poster

The Burmese Harp

Movie · as Captain Inouye

1956
Dotanba poster

Dotanba

Movie

1956
Wandering Shore poster

Wandering Shore

Movie

1956
Phoenix poster

Phoenix

Movie · as Film actor (uncredited)

1956
Evil Reward poster

Evil Reward

Movie

1956
Nikoyon monogatari poster

Nikoyon monogatari

Movie

1956
Crossroad poster

Crossroad

Movie · as Shōgo Ise

1955
Bodyguard from Hell poster

Bodyguard from Hell

Movie

1955
The Three Faces poster

The Three Faces

Movie · as Ken'ichirō Kishi

1955
Striving to Live poster

Striving to Live

Movie

1955
The Beautiful Nuns poster

The Beautiful Nuns

Movie

1955
Policeman's Diary poster

Policeman's Diary

Movie · as Patrolman Hanakawa

1955
A Hole of My Own Making poster

A Hole of My Own Making

Movie

1955
Till We Meet Again poster

Till We Meet Again

Movie · as Jiro Sone

1955
Policeman's Diary, Part 2 poster

Policeman's Diary, Part 2

Movie

1955
The Samurai of Edo poster

The Samurai of Edo

Movie

1955
Vanished Glory poster

Vanished Glory

Movie

1954
Good Son-in-Law poster

Good Son-in-Law

Movie

1954
Turbid Youth poster

Turbid Youth

Movie

1954
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto poster

Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto

Movie · as Matahachi

1954
Farewell Rabaul poster

Farewell Rabaul

Movie · as Captain Katase

1954
Itsuko to sono haha poster

Itsuko to sono haha

Movie · as Yasukazu Sugi

1954
Women's House poster

Women's House

Movie

1954
Super Hawk Volume I

Super Hawk Volume I

Movie

1954
Super Hawk Volume II poster

Super Hawk Volume II

Movie

1953
Koibito-tachi no iru machi poster

Koibito-tachi no iru machi

Movie

1953
Escape Zone poster

Escape Zone

Movie

1953
About Love poster

About Love

Movie

1953
Omatsuri hanjiro poster

Omatsuri hanjiro

Movie

1953
Husband and Wife poster

Husband and Wife

Movie · as Ryota Takemura

1953
Wife poster

Wife

Movie · as Tadashi Tanimura

1953
The Lovers poster

The Lovers

Movie · as Sugawa

1953
The Eagle of the Pacific poster

The Eagle of the Pacific

Movie · as Staff Officer (uncredited)

1953
My Wonderful Yellow Car poster

My Wonderful Yellow Car

Movie · as The burglar

1953
The Red Light Military Base poster

The Red Light Military Base

Movie · as Koichi Kawanabe

1953
The Blue Revolution poster

The Blue Revolution

Movie

1953
Reunion poster

Reunion

Movie

1952
Doctor's Day Off poster

Doctor's Day Off

Movie

1952
Beauty and the Thief poster

Beauty and the Thief

Movie · as Kuroki no Jiro

1952
Sword for Hire poster

Sword for Hire

Movie · as Tachibana Jurata

1952
Shanghai Rose poster

Shanghai Rose

Movie · as Manabe, First lieutenant

1952
Adolescence poster

Adolescence

Movie · as Teacher Harada

1952
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl poster

Kin no tamago: Golden Girl

Movie

1952
The Whisper of Spring poster

The Whisper of Spring

Movie

1951
Boyhood poster

Boyhood

Movie · as Teacher Shimomura

1951
The Good Fairy poster

The Good Fairy

Movie · as Rentaro Mikuni, news reporter

1951
Fireworks Over the Sea poster

Fireworks Over the Sea

Movie · as Tsuyoshi Yabuki

1951
Beauty of Life poster

Beauty of Life

Movie

1951
Story of Lightning poster

Story of Lightning

Movie