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Rentaro Mikuni

Rentaro Mikuni

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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Born

Jan 20, 1923

Ota, Gunma, Japan

Died

Apr 14, 2013

Known For

Acting

Movies

193 acting

2 crew

Popularity

1.4

Known For

Harakiri
Harakiri
1962 as Kageyu Saito
★ 8.4
Kwaidan
Kwaidan
1965 as Husband (segment "The Black Hair")
★ 7.7
My Sons
My Sons
1991 as Akio Asano
★ 7.8
Profound Desires of the Gods
Profound Desires of the Gods
1968 as Nekichi Futori
★ 7.4
Basara: The Princess Goh
Basara: The Princess Goh
1992 as Junsai
★ 6.9
Vengeance Is Mine
Vengeance Is Mine
1979 as Shizuo Enokizu
★ 7.6
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
1954 as Matahachi
★ 7.2
Never Give Up
Never Give Up
1978 as Kazunari Ohba
★ 6.2
The Burmese Harp
The Burmese Harp
1956 as Captain Inouye
★ 7.8
Mount Hakkoda
Mount Hakkoda
1977 as Major Yamada
★ 6.6
A Fugitive from the Past
A Fugitive from the Past
1965 as Takichi Inukai
★ 7.3
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
1969 as Kamo Serizawa
★ 6.9
Turning Point
Turning Point
1994 as Urano
★ 7.0
Rikyu
Rikyu
1989 as Rikyu
★ 7.5
The Inugami Family
The Inugami Family
1976 as Sahei Inugami
★ 7.0
Chronicle of My Mother
Chronicle of My Mother
2012 as Hayato
★ 6.6
The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea
1999 as (voice)
★ 7.6
Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
1970 as Shigata Komijiro
★ 6.8
The Last Dance
The Last Dance
1993 as Buhei Mukai
★ 6.9
Solar Eclipse
Solar Eclipse
1975 as Conservative MP
★ 6.9
August Without Emperor
August Without Emperor
1978 as Tameichiro Emi
★ 7.3
Nomugi Pass
★ 7.2
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
1981 as Hajime Sandaiji
★ 7.1
Free and Easy: Samurai Edition
Free and Easy: Samurai Edition
1998 as Ichinosuke Suzuki
★ 7.3
The Street of Desire
The Street of Desire
1984 as Tadao Shimoda
★ 10.0
The Eagle of the Pacific
The Eagle of the Pacific
1953 as Staff Officer (uncredited)
★ 7.8
Zatoichi at Large
Zatoichi at Large
1972 as Boss Tetsugoro
★ 6.7
Sweet Revenge
Sweet Revenge
1977 as Kinzo Otsuka
★ 6.8
Free and Easy 16
Free and Easy 16
2005 as Suzuki
★ 8.0
A Taxing Woman's Return
A Taxing Woman's Return
1988 as Teppei Onisawa
★ 6.4
The Go Masters
The Go Masters
1982 as 松波麟作
★ 6.6
The Outsiders
The Outsiders
1958 as Takeshi Ohiwa
★ 7.0
The Catch
The Catch
1961 as Kazumasa Takano
★ 6.5
The Rendezvous
The Rendezvous
1972 as Detective Yamamuro
★ 6.6
Confessions Among Actresses
Confessions Among Actresses
1971 as Minakawa
★ 6.0
The Eagle and the Hawk
The Eagle and the Hawk
1957 as Keizo Sasaki
★ 6.1
Himiko
Himiko
1974 as Nashime
★ 6.9
The Friends
The Friends
1994 as Kihachi Denpo
★ 7.1
Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely
Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely
1980 as Hachiro Munakata
★ 7.5
Stepbrothers
Stepbrothers
1957 as Hantaro Kido
★ 7.4
Luminous Moss
Luminous Moss
1992 as Headmaster / Captain
★ 6.2
Till We Meet Again
Till We Meet Again
1955 as Jiro Sone
★ 7.0
Miyamoto Musashi
Miyamoto Musashi
1961 as Muneaki Takuan
★ 7.3
Farewell Rabaul
Farewell Rabaul
1954 as Captain Katase
★ 8.5
Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
1971 as Shigata Komijiro
★ 6.4
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights
1988 as Takamaru
★ 6.7
Mitabi no kaikyô
★ 7.0
Glorious Fights
Glorious Fights
1966 as Genichiro Gunji
★ 7.3
Crossroad
Crossroad
1956 as Shōgo Ise
★ 4.4
Free and Easy
Free and Easy
1988 as Ichinosuke Suzuki
★ 7.5
Zatoichi the Outlaw
Zatoichi the Outlaw
1967 as Asagoro
★ 6.7
Free and Easy 7
★ 7.5
Devotion to Railway
Devotion to Railway
1960 as Yoshito Matsuzaki
★ 7.0
Oishinbo
Oishinbo
1996 as Yuzan Kaibara
★ 6.5
Duel at Fort Ezo
Duel at Fort Ezo
1970 as Shimbei Usa
★ 5.8
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
1965 as Muneaki Takuan - Priest
★ 7.3
The Earth is Born Again
The Earth is Born Again
1971 as Eisuke Noda
Journey Into Solitude
Journey Into Solitude
1972 as Kunitaro Matsuda
★ 6.9
Night Drum
Night Drum
1958 as Hikokurô Ogura
★ 5.9
Captive's Island
Captive's Island
1966 as Daigoku
★ 6.7
Free and Easy 4
Free and Easy 4
1991 as Ichinosuke Suzuki
★ 8.3
Wife
Wife
1953 as Tadashi Tanimura
★ 7.2
Turbid Youth
★ 9.0
Free and Easy 14
Free and Easy 14
2003 as Suzuki Ichinosuke
★ 7.3
Doctor's Day Off
★ 6.8
Face in the Dark
Face in the Dark
1958 as Kijima
Wolves, Pigs & Men
Wolves, Pigs & Men
1964 as Ichiro Kuroki, The eldest brother
★ 8.1
Shadow of Deception
Shadow of Deception
1971 as Keitaro Nishida
★ 6.5
Free and Easy 9
Free and Easy 9
1997 as Ichinosuke Suzuki
★ 7.5
Dotanba
★ 6.0
The Great Road
★ 8.0
Tale of Japanese Burglars
Tale of Japanese Burglars
1965 as Gisuke Hayashida
★ 7.0
Sword for Hire
Sword for Hire
1952 as Tachibana Jurata
★ 6.7
Auto Town
★ 10.0
The Murderer Must Die
The Murderer Must Die
1959 as Tetsuo Yazaki
Free and Easy 11
★ 7.3
Barefoot Gen
Barefoot Gen
1976 as Father
★ 5.0
The Threat
The Threat
1966 as Misawa
★ 7.4
My Wonderful Yellow Car
My Wonderful Yellow Car
1953 as The burglar
★ 7.0
Run, Genta, Run!
★ 8.3
Beyond the Shining Sea
Beyond the Shining Sea
1986 as Takeya Oumi
★ 7.0
Free and Easy 18
★ 7.5
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
★ 7.5
Free and Easy 6
Free and Easy 6
1993 as Ichinosuke Suzuki
★ 7.7
The King
★ 8.0
Husband and Wife
Husband and Wife
1953 as Ryota Takemura
★ 6.9
Adolescence
Adolescence
1952 as Teacher Harada
★ 10.0
A Human Promise
A Human Promise
1986 as Ryôsaku Morimoto
★ 6.7
The Red Light Military Base
The Red Light Military Base
1953 as Koichi Kawanabe
★ 9.0
Free and Easy 8
Free and Easy 8
1996 as Ichinosuke Suzuki
★ 7.3
Lone Wolf and Cub
Lone Wolf and Cub
1984 as Yagyū Retsudō
City of Beasts
City of Beasts
1970 as Yusaku Ishihama
★ 6.0
The Escape
★ 7.0
Tale of Army Brutality
Tale of Army Brutality
1963 as Yahichi Inumaru
★ 9.5
Coup d'Etat
Coup d'Etat
1973 as Ikki Kita
★ 6.5
Free and Easy 15
★ 8.3
Tokyo Untouchable: Escape
Tokyo Untouchable: Escape
1963 as Naoto, Nishiyama
★ 9.0
The Possessed
★ 7.0
The Women of Osaka Castle
The Women of Osaka Castle
1983 as Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Through the Mist
Through the Mist
2009 as (archive footage)
★ 6.3
Two in the Amsterdam Rain
Two in the Amsterdam Rain
1975 as Masaoka
★ 8.0
Phoenix
Phoenix
1956 as (Uncredited)
★ 6.5
Tokyo Untouchable
Tokyo Untouchable
1965 as Naoto Nishiyama
★ 7.0
Beauty and the Thief
Beauty and the Thief
1952 as Kuroki no Jiro
★ 9.0
Aijô ni tsuite
★ 10.0
Will to Live
Will to Live
1999 as Yasukichi
★ 6.4
Policeman's Diary
Policeman's Diary
1955 as Patrolman Hanakawa
★ 7.0
City
City
1961
★ 7.0
Free and Easy 2
Free and Easy 2
1989 as Ichinosuke Suzuki
★ 8.7
Escape from Hell
Escape from Hell
1963 as Shinpei
★ 6.8
Miyamoto Musashi VI: Swords of Death
Miyamoto Musashi VI: Swords of Death
1971 as Baiken Shishido
★ 6.8
The Tattered Banner
The Tattered Banner
1974 as Shozo Tanaka
★ 10.0
But the Flesh is Weak
But the Flesh is Weak
1957 as Ichiro Kurakoshi
★ 7.3
Itsuko to sono haha
Itsuko to sono haha
1954 as Yasukazu Sugi
★ 8.0
Shanghai Rose
Shanghai Rose
1952 as Manabe, First lieutenant
★ 8.0
The Christian Revolt
The Christian Revolt
1962 as Uemonsaku
★ 6.7
The Broken Commandment
The Broken Commandment
1962 as Rentaro Inoko
★ 6.8
The Wind Carpet
The Wind Carpet
2003 as Kinta Nakata
★ 6.3
The Good Fairy
The Good Fairy
1951 as Rentaro Mikuni, news reporter
★ 5.8
The Stragglers
★ 8.0
Free and Easy 17
★ 5.8
Beauty of Life
★ 10.0
Deeper Than Blue
Deeper Than Blue
1973 as Yukiyoshi Tamiya
★ 8.0
Story of Lightning
★ 10.0
Omatsuri hanjiro
★ 8.0
Reunion
★ 6.0
Free and Easy 5
Free and Easy 5
1992 as Ichinosuke Suzuki
★ 7.9
Fireworks Over the Sea
Fireworks Over the Sea
1951 as Tsuyoshi Yabuki
★ 5.4
Thirst for Love
Thirst for Love
1966 as Tetsuya Ezaki
★ 6.0
Free and Easy 10
Free and Easy 10
1998 as Ichinosuke Suzuki
★ 7.0
Boyhood
Boyhood
1951 as Teacher Shimomura
★ 6.9
Neon taiheiki
★ 9.0
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
★ 5.9
Women's House
★ 6.0
Thus Another Day
Thus Another Day
1959 as Kenzô Akada
★ 5.7
Three Faces
★ 10.0
Yoku
Yoku
1958
★ 8.0
Free and Easy 3
Free and Easy 3
1990 as Ichinosuke Suzuki
★ 8.0
The Lovers
The Lovers
1953 as Sugawa
★ 9.0
Making of Daibyonin
Making of Daibyonin
1993 as Self
The Life of a Horse-Trader
The Life of a Horse-Trader
1963 as 片山米太郎
A Story from Echigo
A Story from Echigo
1964 as Gonsuke Sabu
★ 7.2
Ryûri no kishi
★ 8.0
Hell's Kitchen
★ 7.5
Zoku ôsho
Zoku ôsho
1963 as Sakita Sankichi
★ 8.0
Free and Easy 19
★ 7.5
Scalpel
Scalpel
1974 as Shiro Kikukawa
Wind, Woman and Road
Wind, Woman and Road
1958 as Sentaro
★ 7.8
Rainbow Cape
★ 8.0
The Journalist: Rokko/Kikutake Sunao
The Journalist: Rokko/Kikutake Sunao
1977 as Sunao Kikutake