Rentaro Mikuni
Department: Acting
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
The Bear Storm
1980
3,000 Kilometer Trap
1971
Good Son-in-Law
1954
The Life of a Horse-Trader
1963
Koibito-tachi no iru machi
1953
Escape Zone
1953
Aijô ni tsuite
1953
Kwaidan
1965
Omatsuri hanjiro
1953
Turbid Youth
1954
Striving to Live
1955
Bodyguard from Hell
1955
Three Faces
1955
The Beautiful Nuns
1955
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
1954
The Burmese Harp
1956
Evil Reward
1956
Phoenix
1956
Ryûri no kishi
1956
Dotanba
1956
Yoku
1958
The Undefeated Woman
1958
A Dead Drifter
1959
The Stragglers
1960
Like Fire is My Life
1961
Fateful Birthplace
1961
Umineko ga tonde
1962
Futari dake no toride
1963
The King
1962
The Life of Rikisha-Man
1963
Never Give Up
1978
Vengeance Is Mine
1979
Harakiri
1962
Rikyu
1989
Tokyo Untouchable
1965
Neon taiheiki
1968
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
1969
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
1981
Profound Desires of the Gods
1968
The Last Dance
1993
Zatoichi the Outlaw
1967
Zatoichi at Large
1972
The Catch
1961
Himiko
1974
The Christian Revolt
1962
The Outsiders
1958
Coup d'Etat
1973
The Broken Commandment
1962
Boyhood
1951
Miyamoto Musashi VI: Swords of Death
1971
Mount Hakkoda
1977
The Friends
1994
Miyamoto Musashi
1961
A Fugitive from the Past
1965
The Making of "A Taxing Woman's Return"
1988
Two in the Amsterdam Rain
1975
Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely
1980
Luminous Moss
1992
Wuthering Heights
1988
The Good Fairy
1951
Thus Another Day
1959
Someday
2011
Making of Daibyonin
1993
Onihei Crime Files: Conscience of a Worm
2011
The Rendezvous
1972
Duel at Fort Ezo
1970
Husband and Wife
1953
Free and Easy 7
1994
A Human Promise
1986
Wolves, Pigs & Men
1964
The Go Masters
1982
Journey Into Solitude
1972
Will to Live
1999
Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
1971
A Taxing Woman's Return
1988
Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
1970
Shadow of Deception
1971
Doctor's Day Off
1952
Wind, Woman and Road
1958
Tokyo Untouchable: Escape
1963
Free and Easy Special
1994
Chronicle of My Mother
2012
Shinran: Path to Purity
1987
Free and Easy 15
2004
Basara: The Princess Goh
1992
Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project
2001
Wife
1953
Captive's Island
1966
My Sons
1991
Confessions Among Actresses
1971
The Journalist: Rokko/Kikutake Sunao
1977
Free and Easy 19
2008
Free and Easy 17
2006
Rennyo and His Mother
1981
A Single Drop of Water in a Mighty River
2001
Devotion to Railway
1960
Free and Easy 14
2003
Solar Eclipse
1975
Fireworks Over the Sea
1951
Policeman's Diary
1955
August Without Emperor
1978
Run, Genta, Run!
1961
The Possessed
1976
Barefoot Gen
1976
The Song of the Cart
1959
The Old Man and the Sea
1999
Night Drum
1958
A Hole of My Own Making
1955
Nikoyon monogatari
1956
Tale of Japanese Burglars
1965
Through the Mist
2009
The Fugitive Samurai
1984
Glorious Fights
1966
The Women of Osaka Castle
1983
The Tattered Banner
1974
River of Fireflies
1987
The Lovers
1953
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
1959
A Story from Echigo
1964
Free and Easy 9
1997
Free and Easy 2
1989
Free and Easy
1988
Free and Easy 6
1993
Beauty and the Thief
1952
Sword for Hire
1952
The Threat
1966
Farewell Rabaul
1954
Thirst for Love
1966
Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy
1972
The Inugami Family
1976
Sweet Revenge
1977
Oishinbo
1996
Deeper Than Blue
1973
Free and Easy 3
1990
Free and Easy 4
1991
Free and Easy 5
1992
Free and Easy 8
1996
Free and Easy 10
1998
Free and Easy 16
2005
The Wind Carpet
2003
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
1962
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
1964
The Eagle and the Hawk
1957
Escape from Hell
1963
The Escape
1962
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
1965
Stepbrothers
1957
Face in the Dark
1958
The Earth is Born Again
1971
Tale of Army Brutality
1963
Zoku ôsho
1963
Beyond the Shining Sea
1986
But the Flesh is Weak
1957
Crossroad
1956
Till We Meet Again
1955
Mitabi no kaikyô
1995
The Street of Desire
1984
Turning Point
1994
Nomugi Pass
1979
Free and Easy 18
2007
The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro
1977
Free and Easy 11
2000
The Eagle of the Pacific
1953
Shanghai Rose
1952
Adolescence
1952
My Wonderful Yellow Car
1953
Red-Light Bases
1953
Itsuko to sono haha
1954
The Great Road
1960
Free and Easy: Samurai Edition
1998
City of Beasts
1970
Hell's Kitchen
1962
The Blue Revolution
1953
Policeman's Diary, Part 2
1955
The Samurai of Edo
1955
Beauty of Life
1951
Kimi ga kagayaku toki
1985
Free and Easy 20: Final
2009
Vanished Glory
1955
The Murderer Must Die
1959
Reunion
1953
Women's House
1954
Story of Lightning
1951
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
1952
The Whisper of Spring
1952
Hunting Opium-Eaters
1960
City
1961
Auto Town
1981
Scalpel
1974
Lone Wolf and Cub
1984
Rainbow Cape
1999
Professional Killers
1972
剣
1967
Hito wa sore wo scandal to iu
1978
Kazoku Netsu
1978
Nemuri Kyoshiro
1972
Sekigahara
1981
子連れ狼
1984
Nukata no Ōkimi
1980
Akai shisen
1980
Akai Unmei
1976