Rentaro Mikuni
Acting
Born January 20, 1923 — Died April 14, 2013
From Ota, Gunma, Japan
Also known as Рэнтаро Микуни, 佐藤 政雄, 三国连太郎
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 fo...
Filmography
The Rotten Wheelbarrow
2014
Chronicle of My Mother
Hayato
20126.6
Someday
2011
Onihei Crime Files: Conscience of a Worm
Chubei
20118.0
Free and Easy 20: Final
20097.7
Through the Mist
(archive footage)
20096.2
Free and Easy 19
20087.5
Free and Easy 18
20077.5
Free and Easy 17
20065.8
Free and Easy 16
Suzuki
20058.0
Free and Easy 15
20048.3
Free and Easy 14
Suzuki Ichinosuke
20037.3
The Wind Carpet
Kinta Nakata
20036.3
A Single Drop of Water in a Mighty River
20017.5
Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project
20017.3
Free and Easy 11
20007.3
The Old Man and the Sea
(voice)
19997.6
Rainbow Cape
19998.0
Will to Live
Yasukichi
19996.4
Free and Easy: Samurai Edition
Ichinosuke Suzuki
19987.3
Free and Easy 10
Ichinosuke Suzuki
19987.0
Free and Easy 9
Ichinosuke Suzuki
19977.5
Free and Easy 8
Ichinosuke Suzuki
19967.3
Oishinbo
Yuzan Kaibara
19966.5
Mitabi no kaikyô
19957.0
Free and Easy 7
19947.5
Free and Easy Special
19947.3
Turning Point
Urano
19947.0
The Friends
Kihachi Denpo
19947.1
Free and Easy 6
Ichinosuke Suzuki
19937.7
Film Director Satsuo Yamamoto
Self
1993
The Last Dance
Buhei Mukai
19936.9
Making of Daibyonin
Self
1993
Free and Easy 5
Ichinosuke Suzuki
19927.9
Luminous Moss
Headmaster / Captain
19926.2
Basara: The Princess Goh
Junsai
19926.9
Free and Easy 4
Ichinosuke Suzuki
19918.3
My Sons
Akio Asano
19917.8
Free and Easy 3
Ichinosuke Suzuki
19908.0
Free and Easy 2
Ichinosuke Suzuki
19898.7
Rikyu
Rikyu
19897.5
Free and Easy
Ichinosuke Suzuki
19887.5
Wuthering Heights
Takamaru
19886.7
The Making of "A Taxing Woman's Return"
Self
19885.1
A Taxing Woman's Return
Teppei Onisawa
19886.4
Shinran: Path to Purity
19875.8
River of Fireflies
19879.0
A Human Promise
Ryôsaku Morimoto
19866.7
Beyond the Shining Sea
Takeya Oumi
19867.0
Kimi ga kagayaku toki
1985
The Street of Desire
Tadao Shimoda
198410.0
Lone Wolf and Cub
Yagyū Retsudō
1984
The Fugitive Samurai
19847.0
The Women of Osaka Castle
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
1983
The Go Masters
松波麟作
19826.6
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
Hajime Sandaiji
19817.1
Rennyo and His Mother
19819.0
Auto Town
198110.0
Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely
Hachiro Munakata
19807.5
The Bear Storm
1980
Nomugi Pass
19797.2
Vengeance Is Mine
Shizuo Enokizu
19797.5
Never Give Up
Kazunari Ohba
19786.2
August Without Emperor
Tameichiro Emi
19787.3
Sweet Revenge
Kinzo Otsuka
19776.8
The Journalist: Rokko/Kikutake Sunao
Sunao Kikutake
1977
The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro
19778.2
Mount Hakkoda
Major Yamada
19776.6
The Possessed
19767.0
The Inugami Family
Sahei Inugami
19767.0
Barefoot Gen
Father
19765.0
Solar Eclipse
Conservative MP
19756.9
Waga seishun no toki
1975
Two in the Amsterdam Rain
Masaoka
19758.0
Scalpel
Shiro Kikukawa
1974
The Tattered Banner
Shozo Tanaka
197410.0
Himiko
Nashime
19746.9
Coup d'Etat
Ikki Kita
19736.5
Deeper Than Blue
Yukiyoshi Tamiya
19738.0
Journey Into Solitude
Kunitaro Matsuda
19726.9
Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy
19726.3
The Rendezvous
Detective Yamamuro
19726.6
Zatoichi at Large
Boss Tetsugoro
19726.7
Confessions Among Actresses
Minakawa
19716.0
Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
Shigata Komijiro
19716.4
3,000 Kilometer Trap
1971
The Earth is Born Again
Eisuke Noda
1971
Miyamoto Musashi VI: Swords of Death
Baiken Shishido
19716.8
Shadow of Deception
Keitaro Nishida
19716.5
Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
Shigata Komijiro
19706.8
City of Beasts
Yusaku Ishihama
19706.0
Duel at Fort Ezo
Shimbei Usa
19705.8
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
Kamo Serizawa
19696.9
Profound Desires of the Gods
Nekichi Futori
19687.4
Neon taiheiki
19689.0
Zatoichi the Outlaw
Asagoro
19676.7
Glorious Fights
Genichiro Gunji
19667.3
Captive's Island
Daigoku
19666.7
Thirst for Love
Tetsuya Ezaki
19666.0
The Threat
Misawa
19667.4
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
Muneaki Takuan - Priest
19657.3
Tale of Japanese Burglars
Gisuke Hayashida
19657.0
Tokyo Untouchable
Naoto Nishiyama
19657.0
A Fugitive from the Past
Takichi Inukai
19657.3
Kwaidan
Husband (segment "The Black Hair")
19657.7
Wolves, Pigs & Men
Ichiro Kuroki, The eldest brother
19648.1
A Story from Echigo
Gonsuke Sabu
19647.2
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
Takuan
19647.0
Zoku ôsho
Sakita Sankichi
19638.0
The Life of a Horse-Trader
片山米太郎
1963
Tale of Army Brutality
Yahichi Inumaru
19639.5
The Life of Rikisha-Man
19638.0
Futari dake no toride
19639.0
Tokyo Untouchable: Escape
Naoto, Nishiyama
19639.0
Escape from Hell
Shinpei
19636.8
Umineko ga tonde
1962
The King
19628.0
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
Muneaki Takuan
19627.5
Hell's Kitchen
19627.5
Harakiri
Kageyu Saito
19628.4
The Broken Commandment
Rentaro Inoko
19626.8
The Christian Revolt
Uemonsaku
19626.7
The Escape
19627.0
The Catch
Kazumasa Takano
19616.5
Run, Genta, Run!
19618.3
City
19617.0
Fateful Birthplace
1961
Like Fire is My Life
1961
Miyamoto Musashi
Muneaki Takuan
19617.3
Devotion to Railway
Yoshito Matsuzaki
19607.0
The Stragglers
19608.0
Hunting Opium-Eaters
1960
The Great Road
19608.0
The Murderer Must Die
Tetsuo Yazaki
1959
Thus Another Day
Kenzô Akada
19595.7
A Dead Drifter
1959
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
Newspaperman A
19595.9
The Song of the Cart
19596.9
The Outsiders
Takeshi Ohiwa
19587.0
The Undefeated Woman
1958
Face in the Dark
Kijima
1958
Yoku
19588.0
Night Drum
Hikokurô Ogura
19585.9
Wind, Woman and Road
Sentaro
19587.8
But the Flesh is Weak
Ichiro Kurakoshi
19577.3
The Eagle and the Hawk
Keizo Sasaki
19576.1
Stepbrothers
Hantaro Kido
19577.4
Dotanba
19566.0
Nikoyon monogatari
19569.0
Ryûri no kishi
19568.0
Phoenix
(Uncredited)
19566.5
Crossroad
Shōgo Ise
19564.4
The Burmese Harp
Captain Inouye
19567.8
Evil Reward
1956
Policeman's Diary, Part 2
19557.5
The Samurai of Edo
19556.0
A Hole of My Own Making
19558.0
Three Faces
195510.0
The Beautiful Nuns
1955
Vanished Glory
1955
Till We Meet Again
Jiro Sone
19557.0
Bodyguard from Hell
1955
Striving to Live
1955
Policeman's Diary
Patrolman Hanakawa
19557.0
Women's House
19546.0
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Matahachi
19547.2
Turbid Youth
19549.0
Good Son-in-Law
1954
Itsuko to sono haha
Yasukazu Sugi
19548.0
Farewell Rabaul
Captain Katase
19548.1
The Red Light Military Base
Koichi Kawanabe
19539.0
Omatsuri hanjiro
19538.0
The Lovers
Sugawa
19538.0
The Eagle of the Pacific
Staff Officer (uncredited)
19537.8
Reunion
19536.0
The Blue Revolution
19538.0
Aijô ni tsuite
195310.0
Wife
Tadashi Tanimura
19537.2
Escape Zone
1953
Koibito-tachi no iru machi
19537.0
Husband and Wife
Ryota Takemura
19536.9
My Wonderful Yellow Car
The burglar
19537.0
The Whisper of Spring
195210.0
Beauty and the Thief
Kuroki no Jiro
19529.0
Adolescence
Teacher Harada
195210.0
Shanghai Rose
Manabe, First lieutenant
19528.0
Sword for Hire
Tachibana Jurata
19526.7
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
19529.0
Doctor's Day Off
19526.8
Story of Lightning
195110.0
Beauty of Life
195110.0
Fireworks Over the Sea
Tsuyoshi Yabuki
19515.4
Boyhood
Teacher Shimomura
19516.9
The Good Fairy
Rentaro Mikuni, news reporter
19515.8