Rentaro Mikuni

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1923-01-20

Deathday 2013-04-14 (90 years old)

Place of Birth Ota, Gunma Prefecture, Japan

Also Known As Рэнтаро Микуни, 三國 連太郎, 佐藤 政雄, 三国连太郎, さとう まさお, みくに れんたろう

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 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.

Known For

Actor

2009
Through the Mist

as (Archive Footage)

2005
2003
Free and Easy 14

as Suzuki Ichinosuke

2003
The Wind Carpet

as Kinta Nakata

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

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

1992
Free and Easy 5

as Ichinosuke Suzuki

1992
Luminous Moss

as Headmaster / Captain

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
A Taxing Woman's Return

as Teppei Onisawa

1986
A Human Promise

as Ryôsaku Morimoto

1986
Beyond the Shining Sea

as Takeya Oumi

1984
The Street of Desire

as Tadao Shimoda

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
Sekigahara

as Masanobu Honda

1980
Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely

as Hachiro Munakata

1979
Vengeance Is Mine

as Shizuo Enokizu

1978
Never Give Up

as Kazunari Ohba

1978
August without Emperor

as Tameichiro Emi

1978
1977
Sweet Revenge

as Kinzo Otsuka

1977
Mount Hakkoda

as Major Yamada

1976
The Inugamis

as Sahei Inugami

1976
Barefoot Gen

as Father

1975
Solar Eclipse

as Conservative MP

1974
The Tattered Banner

as Shozo Tanaka

1974
Himiko

as Nashime

1973
Coup d'Etat

as Kazuki Kitamura / Ikki Kita

1973
Deeper Than Blue

as Yukiyoshi Tamiya

1972
Journey Into Solitude

as Kunitaro Matsuda

1972
The Rendezvous

as Detective Yamamuro

1972
Zatoichi at Large

as Boss Tetsugoro

1971
Shadow of Deception

as Keitaro Nishida

1970
1970
City of Beasts

as Yusaku Ishihama

1970
Duel at Fort Ezo

as Shimbei Usa

1969
1968
1967
1967

as Asaemon Yamada

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

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
Tokyo Untouchable: Escape

as Naoto, Nishiyama

1963
Escape from Hell

as Shinpei

1962
Tokyo Untouchable

as Naoto Nishiyama

1962
Harakiri

as Kageyu Saito

1962
The Broken Commandment

as Rentaro Inoko

1962
1961
The Catch

as Kazumasa Takano

1961
1961
Miyamoto Musashi

as Muneaki Takuan

1960
Devotion to Railway

as Yoshito Matsuzaki

1959
The Murderer Must Die

as Tetsuo Yazaki

1959
Thus Another Day

as Kenzô Akada

1958
The Outsiders

as Takeshi Ohiwa

1958
1958
1958
Night Drum

as Hikokurô Ogura

1958
1957
The Flesh Is Weak

as Ichiro Kurakoshi

1957
The Eagle and the Hawk

as Keizo Sasaki

1957
Stepbrothers

as Hantaro Kido

1956
Phoenix

as (Uncredited)

1956
Crossroad

as Shōgo Ise

1956
The Burmese Harp

as Captain Inouye

1955
Till We Meet Again

as Jiro Sone

1955
Policeman's Diary

as Patrolman Hanakawa

1954
Itsuko to sono haha

as Yasukazu Sugi

1954
Farewell Rabaul

as Captain Katase

1953
Red-Light Bases

as Koichi Kawanabe

1953
The Lovers

as Sugawa

1953
Eagle of the Pacific

as Staff Officer (uncredited)

1953
Wife

as Tadashi Tanimura

1953
Husband and Wife

as Ryota Takemura

1953
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

1951
Fireworks Over the Sea

as Tsuyoshi Yabuki

1951
Boyhood

as Teacher Shimomura

1951
The Good Fairy

as Rentaro Mikuni, news reporter

Director

1987

Writer

1987