Rentaro Mikuni

Personal Info

Birthday

January 20, 1923

Day of Death

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

Rentarō Mikuni

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

Harakiri

The Friends

Kwaidan

Vengeance Is Mine

The Burmese Harp

Never Give Up

Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto

The Old Man and the Sea

Filmography

2012
Chronicle of My Mother
as Hayato
2011
Onihei Crime Files: Conscience of a Worm
as Chubei
2009
Through the Mist
as (Archive Footage)
2005
Free and Easy 16
as Suzuki
2003
Free and Easy 14
as Suzuki Ichinosuke
The Wind Carpet
as Kinta Nakata
1999
The Old Man and the Sea
as (voice)
Will to Live
as Yasukichi
1998
Free and Easy: Samurai Edition
as Ichinosuke Suzuki
Free and Easy 10
as Ichinosuke Suzuki
1997
Free and Easy 9
as Ichinosuke Suzuki
1996
Free and Easy 8
as Ichinosuke Suzuki
Oishinbo
as Yuzan Kaibara
1994
Turning Point
as Urano
The Friends
as Kihachi Denpo
1993
Free and Easy 6
as Ichinosuke Suzuki
The Last Dance
as Buhei Mukai
Making of Daibyonin
as Self
1992
Free and Easy 5
as Ichinosuke Suzuki
Luminous Moss
as Headmaster / Captain
Basara: The Princess Goh
as Junsai
1991
Free and Easy 4
as Ichinosuke Suzuki
My Sons
as Akio Asano
1990
Free and Easy 3
as Ichinosuke Suzuki
1989
Free and Easy 2
as Ichinosuke Suzuki
Rikyu
as Rikyu
1988
Free and Easy
as Ichinosuke Suzuki
Wuthering Heights
as Takamaru
The Making of "A Taxing Woman's Return"
as Self
A Taxing Woman's Return
as Teppei Onisawa
1986
A Human Promise
as Ryôsaku Morimoto
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
1980
Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely
as Hachiro Munakata
1979
Vengeance Is Mine
as Shizuo Enokizu
1978
Never Give Up
as Kazunari Ohba
August without Emperor
as Tameichiro Emi
1977
Sweet Revenge
as Kinzo Otsuka
The Journalist: Rokko/Kikutake Sunao
as Sunao Kikutake
Mount Hakkoda
as Major Yamada
1976
The Inugami Family
as Sahei Inugami
Barefoot Gen
as Father
1975
Solar Eclipse
as Conservative MP
Two in the Amsterdam Rain
as Masaoka
1974
The Tattered Banner
as Shozo Tanaka
Himiko
as Nashime
1973
Coup d'Etat
as Ikki Kita
Deeper Than Blue
as Yukiyoshi Tamiya
1972
Journey Into Solitude
as Kunitaro Matsuda
The Rendezvous
as Detective Yamamuro
Zatoichi at Large
as Boss Tetsugoro
1971
Confessions Among Actresses
as Minakawa
Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
as Shigata Komijiro
The Earth is Born Again
as Eisuke Noda
Miyamoto Musashi VI: Swords of Death
as Baiken Shishido
Shadow of Deception
as Keitaro Nishida
1970
Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
as Shigata Komijiro
City of Beasts
as Yusaku Ishihama
Duel at Fort Ezo
as Shimbei Usa
1969
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
as Kamo Serizawa
1968
Profound Desires of the Gods
as Nekichi Futori
1967
Zatoichi the Outlaw
as Asagoro
1966
Glorious Fights
as Genichiro Gunji
Captive's Island
as Daigoku
Thirst for Love
as Tetsuya Ezaki
The Threat
as Misawa
1965
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
as Muneaki Takuan - Priest
Tale of Japanese Burglars
as Gisuke Hayashida
A Fugitive from the Past
as Takichi Inukai
Kwaidan
as Husband (segment "The Black Hair")
1964
Wolves, Pigs & Men
as Ichiro Kuroki, The eldest brother
A Story from Echigo
as Gonsuke Sabu
Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple
as Takuan
1963
Zoku ôsho
as Sakita Sankichi
The Life of a Horse-Trader
as 片山米太郎

Tale of Army Brutality
as Yahichi Inumaru
Tokyo Untouchable: Escape
as Naoto, Nishiyama
Escape from Hell
as Shinpei
1962
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
as Muneaki Takuan
Tokyo Untouchable
as Naoto Nishiyama
Harakiri
as Kageyu Saito
The Broken Commandment
as Rentaro Inoko
The Christian Revolt
as Uemonsaku
1961
The Catch
as Kazumasa Takano
Miyamoto Musashi
as Muneaki Takuan
1960
Devotion to Railway
as Yoshito Matsuzaki
1959
The Murderer Must Die
as Tetsuo Yazaki
Thus Another Day
as Kenzô Akada
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
as Newspaperman A
1958
The Outsiders
as Takeshi Ohiwa
Face in the Dark
as Kijima
Night Drum
as Hikokurô Ogura
Wind, Woman and Road
as Sentaro
1957
But the Flesh is Weak
as Ichiro Kurakoshi
The Eagle and the Hawk
as Keizo Sasaki
Stepbrothers
as Hantaro Kido
1956
Phoenix
as (Uncredited)
Crossroad
as Shōgo Ise
The Burmese Harp
as Captain Inouye
1955
Till We Meet Again
as Jiro Sone
Policeman's Diary
as Patrolman Hanakawa
1954
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
as Matahachi
Itsuko to sono haha
as Yasukazu Sugi
Farewell Rabaul
as Captain Katase
1953
Red-Light Bases
as Koichi Kawanabe
The Lovers
as Sugawa
The Eagle of the Pacific
as Staff Officer (uncredited)
Wife
as Tadashi Tanimura
Husband and Wife
as Ryota Takemura
My Wonderful Yellow Car
as The burglar
1952
Beauty and the Thief
as Kuroki no Jiro
Adolescence
as Teacher Harada
Shanghai Rose
as Manabe, First lieutenant
Sword for Hire
as Tachibana Jurata
1951
Fireworks Over the Sea
as Tsuyoshi Yabuki
Boyhood
as Teacher Shimomura
The Good Fairy
as Rentaro Mikuni, news reporter