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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Acting History
2012
Chronicle of My Mother as Hayato
2011Someday
2011Onihei Crime Files: Conscience of a Worm as Chubei
2009Free and Easy 20: Final
2009Through the Mist as (Archive Footage)
2008Free and Easy 19
2007Free and Easy 18
2006Free and Easy 17
2005Free and Easy 16 as Suzuki
2004Free and Easy 15
2003Free and Easy 14 as Suzuki Ichinosuke
2003The Wind Carpet as Kinta Nakata
2001A Single Drop of Water in a Mighty River
2001Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project
2000Free and Easy 11
1999The Old Man and the Sea as (voice)
1999Will to Live as Yasukichi
1998Free and Easy: Samurai Edition as Ichinosuke Suzuki
1998Free and Easy 10 as Ichinosuke Suzuki
1997Free and Easy 9 as Ichinosuke Suzuki
1996Free and Easy 8 as Ichinosuke Suzuki
1996Oishinbo as Yuzan Kaibara
1995Mitabi no kaikyô
1994Free and Easy 7
1994Free and Easy Special
1994Turning Point as Urano
1994The Friends as Kihachi Denpo
1993Free and Easy 6 as Ichinosuke Suzuki
1993The Last Dance as Buhei Mukai
1993Making of Daibyonin as Self
1992Free and Easy 5 as Ichinosuke Suzuki
1992Luminous Moss as Headmaster / Captain
1992Basara: The Princess Goh as Junsai
1991Free and Easy 4 as Ichinosuke Suzuki
1991My Sons as Akio Asano
1990Free and Easy 3 as Ichinosuke Suzuki
1989Free and Easy 2 as Ichinosuke Suzuki
1989Rikyu as Rikyu
1988Free and Easy as Ichinosuke Suzuki
1988Wuthering Heights as Takamaru
1988The Making of "A Taxing Woman's Return" as Self
1988A Taxing Woman's Return as Teppei Onisawa
1987Shinran: Path to Purity
1987River of Fireflies
1986A Human Promise as Ryôsaku Morimoto
1986Beyond the Shining Sea as Takeya Oumi
1985Kimi ga kagayaku toki
1984The Street of Desire as Tadao Shimoda
1984Lone Wolf and Cub as Yagyū Retsudō
1984子連れ狼
1984The Fugitive Samurai
1983The Women of Osaka Castle as Toyotomi Hideyoshi
1982The Go Masters as 松波麟作
1981Sailor Suit and Machine Gun as Hajime Sandaiji
1981Rennyo and His Mother
1981Asshii-tachi no machi
1981Sekigahara as Masanobu Honda
1980Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely as Hachiro Munakata
1980The Bear Storm
1980Akai shisen
1980Nukata no Ōkimi
1979Nomugi Pass
1979Vengeance Is Mine as Shizuo Enokizu
1978Hito wa sore wo scandal to iu as Koichiro dojima
1978Never Give Up as Kazunari Ohba
1978August without Emperor as Tameichiro Emi
1978Kazoku Netsu
1977Sweet Revenge as Kinzo Otsuka
1977The Journalist: Rokko/Kikutake Sunao as Sunao Kikutake
1977The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro
1977Mount Hakkoda as Major Yamada
1976The Inugami Family as Sahei Inugami
1976The Possessed
1976Akai Unmei
1976Barefoot Gen as Father
1975Solar Eclipse as Conservative MP
1975Two in the Amsterdam Rain as Masaoka
1974Scalpel as Shiro Kikukawa
1974The Tattered Banner as Shozo Tanaka
1974Himiko as Nashime
1973Coup d'Etat as Ikki Kita
1973Deeper Than Blue as Yukiyoshi Tamiya
1972Journey Into Solitude as Kunitaro Matsuda
1972Nemuri Kyoshiro
1972Professional Killers
1972Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy
1972The Rendezvous as Detective Yamamuro
1972Zatoichi at Large as Boss Tetsugoro
1971Confessions Among Actresses as Minakawa
1971Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow as Shigata Komijiro
19713,000 Kilometer Trap
1971The Earth is Born Again as Eisuke Noda
1971Miyamoto Musashi VI: Swords of Death as Baiken Shishido
1971Shadow of Deception as Keitaro Nishida
1970Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny as Shigata Komijiro
1970City of Beasts as Yusaku Ishihama
1970Duel at Fort Ezo as Shimbei Usa
1969Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor as Kamo Serizawa
1968Profound Desires of the Gods as Nekichi Futori
1968Neon taiheiki
1967剣 as Asaemon Yamada
1967Zatoichi the Outlaw as Asagoro
1966Glorious Fights as Genichiro Gunji
1966Captive's Island as Daigoku
1966Thirst for Love as Tetsuya Ezaki
1966The Threat as Misawa
1965Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro as Muneaki Takuan - Priest
1965Tale of Japanese Burglars as Gisuke Hayashida
1965Tokyo Untouchable as Naoto Nishiyama
1965A Fugitive from the Past as Takichi Inukai
1965Kwaidan as Husband (segment "The Black Hair")
1964Wolves, Pigs & Men as Ichiro Kuroki, The eldest brother
1964A Story from Echigo as Gonsuke Sabu
1964Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple as Takuan
1963Zoku ôsho as Sakita Sankichi
1963The Life of a Horse-Trader as 片山米太郎
1963Tale of Army Brutality as Yahichi Inumaru
1963The Life of Rikisha-Man
1963Futari dake no toride
1963Tokyo Untouchable: Escape as Naoto, Nishiyama
1963Escape from Hell as Shinpei
1962Umineko ga tonde
1962The King
1962Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights as Muneaki Takuan
1962Hell's Kitchen
1962Harakiri as Kageyu Saito
1962The Broken Commandment as Rentaro Inoko
1962The Christian Revolt as Uemonsaku
1962The Escape
1961The Catch as Kazumasa Takano
1961Run, Genta, Run!
1961City
1961Fateful Birthplace
1961Like Fire is My Life
1961Miyamoto Musashi as Muneaki Takuan
1960Devotion to Railway as Yoshito Matsuzaki
1960The Stragglers
1960Hunting Opium-Eaters
1960The Great Road
1959The Murderer Must Die as Tetsuo Yazaki
1959Thus Another Day as Kenzô Akada
1959A Dead Drifter
1959Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan as Newspaperman A
1959The Song of the Cart
1958The Outsiders as Takeshi Ohiwa
1958The Undefeated Woman
1958Face in the Dark as Kijima
1958Yoku
1958Night Drum as Hikokurô Ogura
1958Wind, Woman and Road as Sentaro
1957But the Flesh is Weak as Ichiro Kurakoshi
1957The Eagle and the Hawk as Keizo Sasaki
1957Stepbrothers as Hantaro Kido
1956Dotanba
1956Nikoyon monogatari
1956Ryûri no kishi
1956Phoenix as (Uncredited)
1956Crossroad as Shōgo Ise
1956The Burmese Harp as Captain Inouye
1956Evil Reward
1955Policeman's Diary, Part 2
1955The Samurai of Edo
1955A Hole of My Own Making
1955Three Faces
1955The Beautiful Nuns
1955Vanished Glory
1955Till We Meet Again as Jiro Sone
1955Bodyguard from Hell
1955Striving to Live
1955Policeman's Diary as Patrolman Hanakawa
1954Women's House
1954Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto as Matahachi
1954Turbid Youth
1954Good Son-in-Law
1954Itsuko to sono haha as Yasukazu Sugi
1954Farewell Rabaul as Captain Katase
1953Red-Light Bases as Koichi Kawanabe
1953Omatsuri hanjiro
1953The Lovers as Sugawa
1953The Eagle of the Pacific as Staff Officer (uncredited)
1953Reunion
1953The Blue Revolution
1953Aijô ni tsuite
1953Wife as Tadashi Tanimura
1953Escape Zone
1953Koibito-tachi no iru machi
1953Husband and Wife as Ryota Takemura
1953My Wonderful Yellow Car as The burglar
1952The Whisper of Spring
1952Beauty and the Thief as Kuroki no Jiro
1952Adolescence as Teacher Harada
1952Shanghai Rose as Manabe, First lieutenant
1952Sword for Hire as Tachibana Jurata
1952Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
1952Doctor's Day Off
1951Story of Lightning
1951Beauty of Life
1951Fireworks Over the Sea as Tsuyoshi Yabuki
1951Boyhood as Teacher Shimomura
1951The Good Fairy as Rentaro Mikuni, news reporter