Rentaro Mikuni

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1923-01-20 (90 years old)

Deathday

2013-04-14

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rentaro Mikuni, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

1963

The Life of a Horse-Trader

as 片山米太郎

1965

Kwaidan

as Husband (segment "The Black Hair")

1956

The Burmese Harp

as Captain Inouye

1956

Phoenix

as (Uncredited)

1958

1978

Never Give Up

as Kazunari Ohba

1979

Vengeance Is Mine

as Shizuo Enokizu

1962

Harakiri

as Kageyu Saito

1989

Rikyu

as Rikyu

1962

Tokyo Untouchable

as Naoto Nishiyama

1981

Sailor Suit and Machine Gun

as Hajime Sandaiji

1968

1993

The Last Dance

as Buhei Mukai

1967

1972

Zatoichi at Large

as Boss Tetsugoro

1961

The Catch

as Kazumasa Takano

1974

Himiko

as Nashime

1962

1958

The Outsiders

as Takeshi Ohiwa

1973

Coup d'Etat

as Ikki Kita

1962

The Broken Commandment

as Rentaro Inoko

1951

Boyhood

as Teacher Shimomura

1977

Mount Hakkoda

as Major Yamada

1994

The Friends

as Kihachi Denpo

1961

Miyamoto Musashi

as Muneaki Takuan

1965

A Fugitive from the Past

as Takichi Inukai

1980

Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely

as Hachiro Munakata

1992

Luminous Moss

as Headmaster / Captain

1988

1951

The Good Fairy

as Rentaro Mikuni, news reporter

1959

Thus Another Day

as Kenzô Akada

1972

The Rendezvous

as Detective Yamamuro

1970

Duel at Fort Ezo

as Shimbei Usa

1953

Husband and Wife

as Ryota Takemura

1986

A Human Promise

as Ryôsaku Morimoto

1964

Wolves, Pigs & Men

as Ichiro Kuroki, The eldest brother

1982

The Go Masters

as 松波麟作

1972

Journey Into Solitude

as Kunitaro Matsuda

1999

Will to Live

as Yasukichi

1988

A Taxing Woman's Return

as Teppei Onisawa

1970

1971

Shadow of Deception

as Keitaro Nishida

1958

1963

Tokyo Untouchable: Escape

as Naoto, Nishiyama

1953

Wife

as Tadashi Tanimura

1966

1991

My Sons

as Akio Asano

1960

Devotion to Railway

as Yoshito Matsuzaki

2003

Free and Easy 14

as Suzuki Ichinosuke

1975

Solar Eclipse

as Conservative MP

1951

Fireworks Over the Sea

as Tsuyoshi Yabuki

1955

Policeman's Diary

as Patrolman Hanakawa

1978

August without Emperor

as Tameichiro Emi

1976

Barefoot Gen

as Father

1958

Night Drum

as Hikokurô Ogura

1965

Tale of Japanese Burglars

as Gisuke Hayashida

2009

Through the Mist

as (Archive Footage)

1966

Glorious Fights

as Genichiro Gunji

1983

The Women of Osaka Castle

as Toyotomi Hideyoshi

1974

The Tattered Banner

as Shozo Tanaka

1953

The Lovers

as Sugawa

1964

A Story from Echigo

as Gonsuke Sabu

1997

Free and Easy 9

as Ichinosuke Suzuki

1989

Free and Easy 2

as Ichinosuke Suzuki

1988

Free and Easy

as Ichinosuke Suzuki

1993

Free and Easy 6

as Ichinosuke Suzuki

1952

Beauty and the Thief

as Kuroki no Jiro

1952

Sword for Hire

as Tachibana Jurata

1966

The Threat

as Misawa

1954

Farewell Rabaul

as Captain Katase

1966

Thirst for Love

as Tetsuya Ezaki

1976

The Inugami Family

as Sahei Inugami

1977

Sweet Revenge

as Kinzo Otsuka

1996

Oishinbo

as Yuzan Kaibara

1973

Deeper Than Blue

as Yukiyoshi Tamiya

1990

Free and Easy 3

as Ichinosuke Suzuki

1991

Free and Easy 4

as Ichinosuke Suzuki

1992

Free and Easy 5

as Ichinosuke Suzuki

1996

Free and Easy 8

as Ichinosuke Suzuki

1998

Free and Easy 10

as Ichinosuke Suzuki

2005

2003

The Wind Carpet

as Kinta Nakata

1957

The Eagle and the Hawk

as Keizo Sasaki

1963

1965

Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro

as Muneaki Takuan - Priest

1957

Stepbrothers

as Hantaro Kido

1958

1971

1963

Tale of Army Brutality

as Yahichi Inumaru

1963

Zoku ôsho

as Sakita Sankichi

1986

1957

But the Flesh is Weak

as Ichiro Kurakoshi

1956

Crossroad

as Shōgo Ise

1955

Till We Meet Again

as Jiro Sone

1984

The Street of Desire

as Tadao Shimoda

1994

1953

The Eagle of the Pacific

as Staff Officer (uncredited)

1952

Shanghai Rose

as Manabe, First lieutenant

1952

Adolescence

as Teacher Harada

1953

1953

Red-Light Bases

as Koichi Kawanabe

1954

Itsuko to sono haha

as Yasukazu Sugi

1998

Free and Easy: Samurai Edition

as Ichinosuke Suzuki

1970

City of Beasts

as Yusaku Ishihama

1959

The Murderer Must Die

as Tetsuo Yazaki

1961

Production

1987

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