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Rentaro Mikuni

Rentaro Mikuni

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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Chronicle of My Mother

2012

as Hayato

Someday

2011

Onihei Crime Files: Conscience of a Worm

2011

as Chubei

Free and Easy 20: Final

2009

Through the Mist

2009

as (Archive Footage)

Free and Easy 19

2008

Free and Easy 18

2007

Free and Easy 17

2006

Free and Easy 16

2005

as Suzuki

Free and Easy 15

2004

Free and Easy 14

2003

as Suzuki Ichinosuke

The Wind Carpet

2003

as Kinta Nakata

A Single Drop of Water in a Mighty River

2001

Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project

2001

Free and Easy 11

2000

The Old Man and the Sea

1999

as (voice)

Will to Live

1999

as Yasukichi

Free and Easy: Samurai Edition

1998

as Ichinosuke Suzuki

Free and Easy 10

1998

as Ichinosuke Suzuki

Free and Easy 9

1997

as Ichinosuke Suzuki

Free and Easy 8

1996

as Ichinosuke Suzuki

Oishinbo

1996

as Yuzan Kaibara

Mitabi no kaikyô

1995

Free and Easy 7

1994

Free and Easy Special

1994

Turning Point

1994

as Urano

The Friends

1994

as Kihachi Denpo

Free and Easy 6

1993

as Ichinosuke Suzuki

The Last Dance

1993

as Buhei Mukai

Making of Daibyonin

1993

as Self

Free and Easy 5

1992

as Ichinosuke Suzuki

Luminous Moss

1992

as Headmaster / Captain

Basara: The Princess Goh

1992

as Junsai

Free and Easy 4

1991

as Ichinosuke Suzuki

My Sons

1991

as Akio Asano

Free and Easy 3

1990

as Ichinosuke Suzuki

Free and Easy 2

1989

as Ichinosuke Suzuki

Rikyu

1989

as Rikyu

Free and Easy

1988

as Ichinosuke Suzuki

Wuthering Heights

1988

as Takamaru

The Making of "A Taxing Woman's Return"

1988

as Self

A Taxing Woman's Return

1988

as Teppei Onisawa

Shinran: Path to Purity

1987

River of Fireflies

1987

A Human Promise

1986

as Ryôsaku Morimoto

Beyond the Shining Sea

1986

as Takeya Oumi

Kimi ga kagayaku toki

1985

The Street of Desire

1984

as Tadao Shimoda

子連れ狼

1984

The Fugitive Samurai

1984

The Women of Osaka Castle

1983

as Toyotomi Hideyoshi

The Go Masters

1982

as 松波麟作

Sailor Suit and Machine Gun

1981

as Hajime Sandaiji

Rennyo and His Mother

1981

Sekigahara

1981

as Masanobu Honda

Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely

1980

as Hachiro Munakata

The Bear Storm

1980

Nukata no Ōkimi

1980

Nomugi Pass

1979

Vengeance Is Mine

1979

as Shizuo Enokizu

Hito wa sore wo scandal to iu

1978

as Koichiro dojima

Never Give Up

1978

as Kazunari Ohba

August without Emperor

1978

as Tameichiro Emi

家族熱

1978

Sweet Revenge

1977

as Kinzo Otsuka

The Journalist: Rokko/Kikutake Sunao

1977

as Sunao Kikutake

The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro

1977

Mount Hakkoda

1977

as Major Yamada

The Possessed

1976

The Inugamis

1976

as Sahei Inugami

Barefoot Gen

1976

as Father

Solar Eclipse

1975

as Conservative MP

Two in the Amsterdam Rain

1975

as Masaoka

The Tattered Banner

1974

as Shozo Tanaka

Himiko

1974

as Nashime

Coup d'Etat

1973

as Kazuki Kitamura / Ikki Kita

Deeper Than Blue

1973

as Yukiyoshi Tamiya

Journey Into Solitude

1972

as Kunitaro Matsuda

Nemuri Kyoshiro

1972

Professional Killers

1972

Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy

1972

The Rendezvous

1972

as Detective Yamamuro

Zatoichi at Large

1972

as Boss Tetsugoro

Confessions Among Actresses

1971

as Minakawa

Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow

1971

as Shigata Komijiro

3,000 Kilometer Trap

1971

The Earth is Born Again

1971

Miyamoto Musashi VI: Swords of Death

1971

as Baiken Shishido

Shadow of Deception

1971

as Keitaro Nishida

Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny

1970

as Shigata Komijiro

City of Beasts

1970

as Yusaku Ishihama

Duel at Fort Ezo

1970

as Shimbei Usa

Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor

1969

as Kamo Serizawa

Profound Desires of the Gods

1968

as Nekichi Futori

Neon taiheiki

1968

1967

as Asaemon Yamada

Zatoichi the Outlaw

1967

as Asagoro

Glorious Fights

1966

as Genichiro Gunji

Captive's Island

1966

as Daigoku

Thirst for Love

1966

as Tetsuya Ezaki

The Threat

1966

as Misawa

Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro

1965

as Muneaki Takuan - Priest

Tale of Japanese Burglars

1965

as Gisuke Hayashida

A Fugitive from the Past

1965

as Takichi Inukai

Kwaidan

1965

as Husband (segment "The Black Hair")

Wolves, Pigs & Men

1964

as Ichiro Kuroki, The eldest brother

A Story from Echigo

1964

as Gonsuke Sabu

Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple

1964

as Takuan

Zoku ôsho

1963

as Sakita Sankichi

The Life of a Horse-Trader

1963

as 片山米太郎

Tale of Army Brutality

1963

as Yahichi Inumaru

The Life of Rikisha-Man

1963

Futari dake no toride

1963

Tokyo Untouchable: Escape

1963

as Naoto, Nishiyama

Escape from Hell

1963

as Shinpei

Umineko ga tonde

1962

The King

1962

Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights

1962

as Muneaki Takuan

Tokyo Untouchable

1962

as Naoto Nishiyama

Hell's Kitchen

1962

Harakiri

1962

as Kageyu Saito

The Broken Commandment

1962

as Rentaro Inoko

The Christian Revolt

1962

as Uemonsaku

The Escape

1962

The Catch

1961

as Kazumasa Takano

Run, Genta, Run!

1961

City

1961

Fateful Birthplace

1961

Like Fire is My Life

1961

Miyamoto Musashi

1961

as Muneaki Takuan

Devotion to Railway

1960

as Yoshito Matsuzaki

The Stragglers

1960

Hunting Opium-Eaters

1960

The Great Road

1960

The Murderer Must Die

1959

as Tetsuo Yazaki

Thus Another Day

1959

as Kenzô Akada

A Dead Drifter

1959

Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan

1959

as Newspaperman A

The Song of the Cart

1959

The Outsiders

1958

as Takeshi Ohiwa

The Undefeated Woman

1958

Face in the Dark

1958

as Kijima

Yoku

1958

Night Drum

1958

as Hikokurô Ogura

Wind, Woman and Road

1958

as Sentaro

The Flesh Is Weak

1957

as Ichiro Kurakoshi

The Eagle and the Hawk

1957

as Keizo Sasaki

Stepbrothers

1957

as Hantaro Kido

Dotanba

1956

Nikoyon monogatari

1956

Ryûri no kishi

1956

Phoenix

1956

as (Uncredited)

Crossroad

1956

as Shōgo Ise

The Burmese Harp

1956

as Captain Inouye

Evil Reward

1956

Policeman's Diary, Part 2

1955

The Samurai of Edo

1955

A Hole of My Own Making

1955

Three Faces

1955

The Beautiful Nuns

1955

Vanished Glory

1955

Till We Meet Again

1955

as Jiro Sone

Bodyguard from Hell

1955

Striving to Live

1955

Policeman's Diary

1955

as Patrolman Hanakawa

Women's House

1954

Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto

1954

as Matahachi

Turbid youth

1954

Good Son-in-Law

1954

Itsuko to sono haha

1954

as Yasukazu Sugi

Farewell Rabaul

1954

as Captain Katase

Red-Light Bases

1953

as Koichi Kawanabe

Omatsuri hanjiro

1953

The Lovers

1953

as Sugawa

Eagle of the Pacific

1953

as Staff Officer (uncredited)

Reunion

1953

The Blue Revolution

1953

Aijô ni tsuite

1953

Wife

1953

as Tadashi Tanimura

Escape Zone

1953

Koibito-tachi no iru machi

1953

Husband and Wife

1953

as Ryota Takemura

My Wonderful Yellow Car

1953

as The burglar

The Whisper of Spring

1952

Beauty and the Thief

1952

as Kuroki no Jiro

Adolescence

1952

as Teacher Harada

Shanghai Rose

1952

as Manabe, First lieutenant

Sword for Hire

1952

as Tachibana Jurata

Kin no tamago: Golden Girl

1952

Doctor's Day Off

1952

Story of Lightning

1951

Beauty of Life

1951

Fireworks Over the Sea

1951

as Tsuyoshi Yabuki

Boyhood

1951

as Teacher Shimomura

The Good Fairy

1951

as Rentaro Mikuni, news reporter