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Rentaro Mikuni

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

20/01/1923

Day of Death

14/04/2013
(90) years old

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 fo... Read More

Known For

Chronicle of My Mother

Someday

Onihei Crime Files: Conscience of a Worm

Free and Easy 20: Final

Through the Mist

Free and Easy 19

Free and Easy 18

Free and Easy 17

Free and Easy 16

Free and Easy 15

Filmography

Cast

2012

Chronicle of My Mother

as Hayato

2011

Someday

2011

Onihei Crime Files: Conscience of a Worm

as Chubei

2009

Free and Easy 20: Final

2009

Through the Mist

as (Archive Footage)

2008

Free and Easy 19

2007

Free and Easy 18

2006

Free and Easy 17

2005

Free and Easy 16

as Suzuki

2004

Free and Easy 15

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

2001

Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Proj...

2000

Free and Easy 11

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

1994

Free and Easy 7

1994

Free and Easy Special

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

1987

River of Fireflies

1986

A Human Promise

as Ryôsaku Morimoto

1986

Beyond the Shining Sea

as Takeya Oumi

1985

Kimi ga kagayaku toki

1984

The Street of Desire

as Tadao Shimoda

1984

The Fugitive Samurai

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

1981

Asshii-tachi no machi

1980

Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely

as Hachiro Munakata

1980

The Bear Storm

1979

Nomugi Pass

1979

Vengeance Is Mine

as Shizuo Enokizu

1978

Never Give Up

as Kazunari Ohba

1978

August without Emperor

as Tameichiro Emi

1977

Sweet Revenge

as Kinzo Otsuka

1977

The Journalist: Rokko/Kikutake Sunao

as Sunao Kikutake

1977

The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro

1977

Mount Hakkoda

as Major Yamada

1976

The Possessed

1976

The Inugami Family

as Sahei Inugami

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 Ikki Kita

1973

Deeper Than Blue

as Yukiyoshi Tamiya

1972

Journey Into Solitude

as Kunitaro Matsuda

1972

Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy

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

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

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 Tem...

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

1963

Futari dake no toride

1963

Tokyo Untouchable: Escape

as Naoto, Nishiyama

1963

Escape from Hell

as Shinpei

1962

Umineko ga tonde

1962

The King

1962

Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka...

as Muneaki Takuan

1962

Tokyo Untouchable

as Naoto Nishiyama

1962

Hell's Kitchen

1962

Harakiri

as Kageyu Saito

1962

The Broken Commandment

as Rentaro Inoko

1962

The Christian Revolt

as Uemonsaku

1962

The Escape

1961

The Catch

as Kazumasa Takano

1961

Run, Genta, Run!

1961

City

1961

Fateful Birthplace

1961

Like Fire is My Life

1961

Miyamoto Musashi

as Muneaki Takuan

1960

Devotion to Railway

as Yoshito Matsuzaki

1960

The Stragglers

1960

Hunting Opium-Eaters

1960

The Great Road

1959

The Murderer Must Die

as Tetsuo Yazaki

1959

Thus Another Day

as Kenzô Akada

1959

A Dead Drifter

1959

Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Jap...

as Newspaperman A

1959

The Song of the Cart

1958

The Outsiders

as Takeshi Ohiwa

1958

The Undefeated Woman

1958

Face in the Dark

as Kijima

1958

Yoku

1958

Night Drum

as Hikokurô Ogura

1958

Wind, Woman and Road

as Sentaro

1957

But the Flesh is Weak

as Ichiro Kurakoshi

1957

The Eagle and the Hawk

as Keizo Sasaki

1957

Stepbrothers

as Hantaro Kido

1956

Dotanba

1956

Nikoyon monogatari

1956

Ryûri no kishi

1956

Phoenix

as (Uncredited)

1956

Crossroad

as Shōgo Ise

1956

The Burmese Harp

as Captain Inouye

1956

Evil Reward

1955

Policeman's Diary, Part 2

1955

The Samurai of Edo

1955

A Hole of My Own Making

1955

Three Faces

1955

The Beautiful Nuns

1955

Vanished Glory

1955

Till We Meet Again

as Jiro Sone

1955

Bodyguard from Hell

1955

Striving to Live

1955

Policeman's Diary

as Patrolman Hanakawa

1954

Women's House

1954

Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto

as Matahachi

1954

Turbid Youth

1954

Good Son-in-Law

1954

Itsuko to sono haha

as Yasukazu Sugi

1954

Farewell Rabaul

as Captain Katase

1953

Red-Light Bases

as Koichi Kawanabe

1953

Omatsuri hanjiro

1953

The Lovers

as Sugawa

1953

The Eagle of the Pacific

as Staff Officer (uncredited)

1953

Reunion

1953

The Blue Revolution

1953

Aijô ni tsuite

1953

Wife

as Tadashi Tanimura

1953

Escape Zone

1953

Koibito-tachi no iru machi

1953

Husband and Wife

as Ryota Takemura

1953

My Wonderful Yellow Car

as The burglar

1952

The Whisper of Spring

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

1952

Doctor's Day Off

1951

Story of Lightning

1951

Beauty of Life

1951

Fireworks Over the Sea

as Tsuyoshi Yabuki

1951

Boyhood

as Teacher Shimomura

1951

The Good Fairy

as Rentaro Mikuni, news reporter

Crew

1987

Shinran: Path to Purity

as Director

1987

Shinran: Path to Purity

as Screenplay