Rentaro Mikuni

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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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Known For

Harakiri

Kageyu Saito

Kwaidan

Husband (segment "The Black Hair")

Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto

Matahachi

The Burmese Harp

Captain Inouye

The Old Man and the Sea

(voice)

Vengeance Is Mine

Shizuo Enokizu

Profound Desires of the Gods

Nekichi Futori

Sailor Suit and Machine Gun

Hajime Sandaiji

Full Filmography

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

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