Rentaro Mikuni
Acting
Born January 20, 1923, Ota, Gunma, Japan
Rentaro Mikuni (三國 連太郎, Mikuni Rentarō, January 20, 1923-April 14, 2013) 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.
Filmography
- 2014The Rotten Wheelbarrow
- 2012Chronicle of My Mother — Hayato
- 2011Onihei Crime Files: Conscience of a Worm — Chubei
- 2011Someday
- 2009Free and Easy 20: Final
- 2009Through the Mist — (archive footage)
- 2008Free and Easy 19
- 2007Free and Easy 18
- 2006Free and Easy 17
- 2005Free and Easy 16 — Suzuki
- 2004Free and Easy 15
- 2003Free and Easy 14 — Suzuki Ichinosuke
- 2003The Wind Carpet — Kinta Nakata
- 2001A Single Drop of Water in a Mighty River
- 2001Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project
- 2000Free and Easy 11
- 1999Rainbow Cape
- 1999The Old Man and the Sea — (voice)
- 1999Will to Live — Yasukichi
- 1998Free and Easy 10 — Ichinosuke Suzuki
- 1998Free and Easy: Samurai Edition — Ichinosuke Suzuki
- 1997Free and Easy 9 — Ichinosuke Suzuki
- 1996Free and Easy 8 — Ichinosuke Suzuki
- 1996Oishinbo — Yuzan Kaibara
- 1995Mitabi no kaikyô
- 1994Free and Easy 7
- 1994Free and Easy Special
- 1994The Friends — Kihachi Denpo
- 1994Turning Point — Urano
- 1993Free and Easy 6 — Ichinosuke Suzuki
- 1993The Last Dance — Buhei Mukai
- 1992Basara: The Princess Goh — Junsai
- 1992Free and Easy 5 — Ichinosuke Suzuki
- 1992Luminous Moss — Headmaster / Captain
- 1991Free and Easy 4 — Ichinosuke Suzuki
- 1991My Sons — Akio Asano
- 1990Free and Easy 3 — Ichinosuke Suzuki
- 1989Free and Easy 2 — Ichinosuke Suzuki
- 1989Rikyu — Rikyu
- 1988A Taxing Woman's Return — Teppei Onisawa
- 1988Free and Easy — Ichinosuke Suzuki
- 1988Wuthering Heights — Takamaru
- 1987River of Fireflies
- 1987Shinran: Path to Purity — Director, Screenplay
- 1986A Human Promise — Ryôsaku Morimoto
- 1986Beyond the Shining Sea — Takeya Oumi
- 1985Kimi ga kagayaku toki
- 1984Lone Wolf and Cub — Yagyū Retsudō
- 1984The Fugitive Samurai
- 1984The Street of Desire — Tadao Shimoda
- 子連れ狼
- 1983The Women of Osaka Castle — Toyotomi Hideyoshi
- 1982The Go Masters — 松波麟作
- 1981Auto Town
- 1981Rennyo and His Mother
- 1981Sailor Suit and Machine Gun — Hajime Sandaiji
- Sekigahara — Masanobu Honda
- Akai Shisen
- 1980Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely — Hachiro Munakata
- Nukata no Ōkimi
- 1980The Bear Storm
- 1979Nomugi Pass
- 1979Vengeance Is Mine — Shizuo Enokizu
- 1978August Without Emperor — Tameichiro Emi
- Hito wa sore wo scandal to iu — Koichiro dojima
- Kazoku Netsu
- 1978Never Give Up — Kazunari Ohba
- 1977Mount Hakkoda — Major Yamada
- 1977Sweet Revenge — Kinzo Otsuka
- 1977The Journalist: Rokko/Kikutake Sunao — Sunao Kikutake
- 1977The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro
- Akai Unmei
- 1976Barefoot Gen — Father
- 1976The Inugami Family — Sahei Inugami
- 1976The Possessed
- 1975Solar Eclipse — Conservative MP
- 1975Two in the Amsterdam Rain — Masaoka
- 1975Waga seishun no toki
- 1974Himiko — Nashime
- 1974Scalpel — Shiro Kikukawa
- 1974The Tattered Banner — Shozo Tanaka
- 1973Coup d'Etat — Ikki Kita
- 1973Deeper Than Blue — Yukiyoshi Tamiya
- 1972Journey Into Solitude — Kunitaro Matsuda
- Nemuri Kyoshiro
- Professional Killers
- 1972Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy
- 1972The Rendezvous — Detective Yamamuro
- 1972Zatoichi at Large — Boss Tetsugoro
- 19713,000 Kilometer Trap
- 1971Confessions Among Actresses — Minakawa
- 1971Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow — Shigata Komijiro
- 1971Miyamoto Musashi VI: Swords of Death — Baiken Shishido
- 1971Shadow of Deception — Keitaro Nishida
- 1971The Earth is Born Again — Eisuke Noda
- 1970City of Beasts — Yusaku Ishihama
- 1970Duel at Fort Ezo — Shimbei Usa
- 1970Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny — Shigata Komijiro
- 1969Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor — Kamo Serizawa
- 1968Profound Desires of the Gods — Nekichi Futori
- 1968The Neon Taiheiki
- 1967Zatoichi the Outlaw — Asagoro
- 剣 — Asaemon Yamada
- 1966Captive's Island — Daigoku
- 1966Glorious Fights — Genichiro Gunji
- 1966The Threat — Misawa
- 1966Thirst for Love — Tetsuya Ezaki
- 1965A Fugitive from the Past — Takichi Inukai
- 1965Kwaidan — Husband (segment "The Black Hair")
- 1965Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro — Muneaki Takuan - Priest
- 1965Tale of Japanese Burglars — Gisuke Hayashida
- 1965Tokyo Untouchable — Naoto Nishiyama
- 1964A Story from Echigo — Gonsuke Sabu
- 1964Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple — Takuan
- 1964Wolves, Pigs & Men — Ichiro Kuroki, The eldest brother
- 1963Escape from Hell — Shinpei
- 1963Futari dake no toride
- 1963Tale of Army Brutality — Yahichi Inumaru
- 1963The Life of Rikisha-Man
- 1963The Life of a Horse-Trader — 片山米太郎
- 1963Tokyo Untouchable: Escape — Naoto, Nishiyama
- 1963Zoku ôsho — Sakita Sankichi
- 1962Harakiri — Kageyu Saito
- 1962Hell's Kitchen
- 1962Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights — Muneaki Takuan
- 1962The Broken Commandment — Rentaro Inoko
- 1962The Christian Revolt — Uemonsaku
- 1962The Escape
- 1962The King — Sankichi Sakata
- 1962Umineko ga tonde
- 1961City
- 1961Fateful Birthplace
- 1961Like Fire is My Life
- 1961Miyamoto Musashi — Muneaki Takuan
- 1961Run, Genta, Run!
- 1961The Catch — Kazumasa Takano
- 1960Devotion to Railway — Yoshito Matsuzaki
- 1960Hunting Opium-Eaters
- 1960The Great Road
- 1960The Stragglers
- 1959A Dead Drifter
- 1959Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan — Newspaperman A
- 1959The Murderer Must Die — Tetsuo Yazaki
- 1959The Song of the Cart
- 1959Thus Another Day — Kenzô Akada
- 1958Face in the Dark — Kijima
- 1958Night Drum — Hikokurô Ogura
- 1958The Outsiders — Takeshi Ohiwa
- 1958The Undefeated Woman
- 1958Wind, Woman and Road — Sentaro
- 1958Yoku
- 1957But the Flesh is Weak — Ichiro Kurakoshi
- 1957Stepbrothers — Hantaro Kido
- 1957The Eagle and the Hawk — Keizo Sasaki
- 1956Crossroad — Shōgo Ise
- 1956Dotanba
- 1956Evil Reward
- 1956Nikoyon monogatari
- 1956Phoenix — Film actor (uncredited)
- 1956The Burmese Harp — Captain Inouye
- 1956Wandering Shore
- 1955A Hole of My Own Making
- 1955Bodyguard from Hell
- 1955Policeman's Diary — Patrolman Hanakawa
- 1955Policeman's Diary, Part 2
- 1955Striving to Live
- 1955The Beautiful Nuns
- 1955The Samurai of Edo
- 1955The Three Faces — Ken'ichirō Kishi
- 1955Till We Meet Again — Jiro Sone
- 1955Vanished Glory
- 1954Farewell Rabaul — Captain Katase
- 1954Good Son-in-Law
- 1954Itsuko to sono haha — Yasukazu Sugi
- 1954Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto — Matahachi
- 1954Super Hawk Volume I
- 1954Super Hawk Volume II
- 1954Turbid Youth
- 1954Women's House
- 1953About Love
- 1953Escape Zone
- 1953Husband and Wife — Ryota Takemura
- 1953Koibito-tachi no iru machi
- 1953My Wonderful Yellow Car — The burglar
- 1953Omatsuri hanjiro
- 1953Reunion
- 1953The Blue Revolution
- 1953The Eagle of the Pacific — Staff Officer (uncredited)
- 1953The Lovers — Sugawa
- 1953The Red Light Military Base — Koichi Kawanabe
- 1953Wife — Tadashi Tanimura
- 1952Adolescence — Teacher Harada
- 1952Beauty and the Thief — Kuroki no Jiro
- 1952Doctor's Day Off
- 1952Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
- 1952Shanghai Rose — Manabe, First lieutenant
- 1952Sword for Hire — Tachibana Jurata
- 1952The Whisper of Spring
- 1951Beauty of Life
- 1951Boyhood — Teacher Shimomura
- 1951Fireworks Over the Sea — Tsuyoshi Yabuki
- 1951Story of Lightning
- 1951The Good Fairy — Rentaro Mikuni, news reporter
Appearances as themselves (3)
- 1993Film Director Satsuo Yamamoto — Self
- 1993Making of Daibyonin — Self
- 1988The Making of "A Taxing Woman's Return" — Self