Rentaro Mikuni
January 20, 1923 (101 years old) in Ota, Gunma Prefecture, Japan
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2012 · Chronicle of My Mother as Hayato
- 2011 · Someday as
- 2011 · Onihei Crime Files: Conscience of a Worm as Chubei
- 2009 · Free and Easy 20: Final as
- 2009 · Through the Mist as (Archive Footage)
- 2008 · Free and Easy 19 as
- 2007 · Free and Easy 18 as
- 2006 · Free and Easy 17 as
- 2005 · Free and Easy 16 as Suzuki
- 2004 · Free and Easy 15 as
- 2003 · Free and Easy 14 as Suzuki Ichinosuke
- 2003 · The Wind Carpet as Kinta Nakata
- 2001 · A Single Drop of Water in a Mighty River as
- 2001 · Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project as
- 2000 · Free and Easy 11 as
- 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 · Free and Easy 8 as Ichinosuke Suzuki
- 1996 · Oishinbo as Yuzan Kaibara
- 1995 · Mitabi no kaikyô as
- 1994 · Free and Easy 7 as
- 1994 · Free and Easy Special as
- 1994 · Turning Point as Urano
- 1994 · The Friends as Kihachi Denpo
- 1993 · Free and Easy 6 as Ichinosuke Suzuki
- 1993 · The Last Dance as Buhei Mukai
- 1993 · Making of Daibyonin as Self
- 1992 · Free and Easy 5 as Ichinosuke Suzuki
- 1992 · Luminous Moss as Headmaster / Captain
- 1992 · Basara: The Princess Goh as Junsai
- 1991 · Free and Easy 4 as Ichinosuke Suzuki
- 1991 · My Sons as Akio Asano
- 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 · Wuthering Heights as Takamaru
- 1988 · The Making of "A Taxing Woman's Return" as Self
- 1988 · A Taxing Woman's Return as Teppei Onisawa
- 1987 · Shinran: Path to Purity as
- 1987 · River of Fireflies as
- 1986 · A Human Promise as Ryôsaku Morimoto
- 1986 · Beyond the Shining Sea as Takeya Oumi
- 1985 · Kimi ga kagayaku toki as
- 1984 · The Street of Desire as Tadao Shimoda
- 1984 · 子連れ狼 as
- 1984 · The Fugitive Samurai as
- 1983 · The Women of Osaka Castle as Toyotomi Hideyoshi
- 1982 · The Go Masters as 松波麟作
- 1981 · Sailor Suit and Machine Gun as Hajime Sandaiji
- 1981 · Rennyo and His Mother as
- 1981 · Sekigahara as Masanobu Honda
- 1980 · Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely as Hachiro Munakata
- 1980 · The Bear Storm as
- 1980 · Nukata no Ōkimi as
- 1979 · Nomugi Pass as
- 1979 · Vengeance Is Mine as Shizuo Enokizu
- 1978 · Hito wa sore wo scandal to iu as Koichiro dojima
- 1978 · Never Give Up as Kazunari Ohba
- 1978 · August without Emperor as Tameichiro Emi
- 1978 · 家族熱 as
- 1977 · Sweet Revenge as Kinzo Otsuka
- 1977 · The Journalist: Rokko/Kikutake Sunao as Sunao Kikutake
- 1977 · The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro as
- 1977 · Mount Hakkoda as Major Yamada
- 1976 · The Inugami Family as Sahei Inugami
- 1976 · The Possessed as
- 1976 · Barefoot Gen as Father
- 1975 · Solar Eclipse as Conservative MP
- 1975 · Two in the Amsterdam Rain as Masaoka
- 1974 · The Tattered Banner as Shozo Tanaka
- 1974 · Himiko as Nashime
- 1973 · Coup d'Etat as Kazuki Kitamura / Ikki Kita
- 1973 · Deeper Than Blue as Yukiyoshi Tamiya
- 1972 · Journey Into Solitude as Kunitaro Matsuda
- 1972 · Nemuri Kyoshiro as
- 1972 · Professional Killers as
- 1972 · Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy as
- 1972 · The Rendezvous as Detective Yamamuro
- 1972 · Zatoichi at Large as Boss Tetsugoro
- 1971 · Confessions Among Actresses as Minakawa
- 1971 · Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow as Shigata Komijiro
- 1971 · 3,000 Kilometer Trap as
- 1971 · The Earth is Born Again as Eisuke Noda
- 1971 · Miyamoto Musashi VI: Swords of Death as Baiken Shishido
- 1971 · Shadow of Deception as Keitaro Nishida
- 1970 · Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny as Shigata Komijiro
- 1970 · City of Beasts as Yusaku Ishihama
- 1970 · Duel at Fort Ezo as Shimbei Usa
- 1969 · Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor as Kamo Serizawa
- 1968 · Profound Desires of the Gods as Nekichi Futori
- 1968 · Neon taiheiki as
- 1967 · 剣 as Asaemon Yamada
- 1967 · Zatoichi the Outlaw as Asagoro
- 1966 · Glorious Fights as Genichiro Gunji
- 1966 · Captive's Island as Daigoku
- 1966 · Thirst for Love as Tetsuya Ezaki
- 1966 · The Threat as Misawa
- 1965 · Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro as Muneaki Takuan - Priest
- 1965 · Tale of Japanese Burglars as Gisuke Hayashida
- 1965 · A Fugitive from the Past as Takichi Inukai
- 1965 · Kwaidan as Husband (segment "The Black Hair")
- 1964 · Wolves, Pigs & Men as Ichiro Kuroki, The eldest brother
- 1964 · A Story from Echigo as Gonsuke Sabu
- 1964 · Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple as Takuan
- 1963 · Zoku ôsho as Sakita Sankichi
- 1963 · The Life of a Horse-Trader as 片山米太郎
- 1963 · Tale of Army Brutality as Yahichi Inumaru
- 1963 · The Life of Rikisha-Man as
- 1963 · Futari dake no toride as
- 1963 · Tokyo Untouchable: Escape as Naoto, Nishiyama
- 1963 · Escape from Hell as Shinpei
- 1962 · Umineko ga tonde as
- 1962 · The King as
- 1962 · Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights as Muneaki Takuan
- 1962 · Tokyo Untouchable as Naoto Nishiyama
- 1962 · Hell's Kitchen as
- 1962 · Harakiri as Kageyu Saito
- 1962 · The Broken Commandment as Rentaro Inoko
- 1962 · The Christian Revolt as Uemonsaku
- 1962 · The Escape as
- 1961 · The Catch as Kazumasa Takano
- 1961 · Run, Genta, Run! as
- 1961 · City as
- 1961 · Fateful Birthplace as
- 1961 · Like Fire is My Life as
- 1961 · Miyamoto Musashi as Muneaki Takuan
- 1960 · Devotion to Railway as Yoshito Matsuzaki
- 1960 · The Stragglers as
- 1960 · Hunting Opium-Eaters as
- 1960 · The Great Road as
- 1959 · The Murderer Must Die as Tetsuo Yazaki
- 1959 · Thus Another Day as Kenzô Akada
- 1959 · A Dead Drifter as
- 1959 · Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan as Newspaperman A
- 1959 · The Song of the Cart as
- 1958 · The Outsiders as Takeshi Ohiwa
- 1958 · The Undefeated Woman as
- 1958 · Face in the Dark as Kijima
- 1958 · Yoku as
- 1958 · Night Drum as Hikokurô Ogura
- 1958 · Wind, Woman and Road as Sentaro
- 1957 · The Flesh Is Weak as Ichiro Kurakoshi
- 1957 · The Eagle and the Hawk as Keizo Sasaki
- 1957 · Stepbrothers as Hantaro Kido
- 1956 · Dotanba as
- 1956 · Nikoyon monogatari as
- 1956 · Ryûri no kishi as
- 1956 · Phoenix as (Uncredited)
- 1956 · Crossroad as Shōgo Ise
- 1956 · The Burmese Harp as Captain Inouye
- 1956 · Evil Reward as
- 1955 · Policeman's Diary, Part 2 as
- 1955 · The Samurai of Edo as
- 1955 · A Hole of My Own Making as
- 1955 · Three Faces as
- 1955 · The Beautiful Nuns as
- 1955 · Vanished Glory as
- 1955 · Till We Meet Again as Jiro Sone
- 1955 · Bodyguard from Hell as
- 1955 · Striving to Live as
- 1955 · Policeman's Diary as Patrolman Hanakawa
- 1954 · Women's House as
- 1954 · Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto as Matahachi
- 1954 · Turbid youth as
- 1954 · Good Son-in-Law as
- 1954 · Itsuko to sono haha as Yasukazu Sugi
- 1954 · Farewell Rabaul as Captain Katase
- 1953 · Red-Light Bases as Koichi Kawanabe
- 1953 · Omatsuri hanjiro as
- 1953 · The Lovers as Sugawa
- 1953 · The Eagle of the Pacific as Staff Officer (uncredited)
- 1953 · Reunion as
- 1953 · The Blue Revolution as
- 1953 · Aijô ni tsuite as
- 1953 · Wife as Tadashi Tanimura
- 1953 · Escape Zone as
- 1953 · Koibito-tachi no iru machi as
- 1953 · Husband and Wife as Ryota Takemura
- 1953 · My Wonderful Yellow Car as The burglar
- 1952 · The Whisper of Spring as
- 1952 · Beauty and the Thief as Kuroki no Jiro
- 1952 · Adolescence as Teacher Harada
- 1952 · Shanghai Rose as Manabe, First lieutenant
- 1952 · Sword for Hire as Tachibana Jurata
- 1952 · Kin no tamago: Golden Girl as
- 1952 · Doctor's Day Off as
- 1951 · Story of Lightning as
- 1951 · Beauty of Life as
- 1951 · Fireworks Over the Sea as Tsuyoshi Yabuki
- 1951 · Boyhood as Teacher Shimomura
- 1951 · The Good Fairy as Rentaro Mikuni, news reporter