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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rentaro Mikuni, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For: Acting

Born: Ota, Gunma Prefecture, Japan, 1923-01-20

Died: 2013-04-14

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1951	The Good Fairy	Rentaro Mikuni, news reporter	55
2	1951	Boyhood	Teacher Shimomura	67
3	1951	Fireworks Over the Sea	Tsuyoshi Yabuki	50
4	1951	Beauty of Life		0
5	1951	Story of Lightning		0
6	1952	Doctor's Day Off		60
7	1952	Kin no tamago: Golden Girl		0
8	1952	Sword for Hire	Tachibana Jurata	70
9	1952	Shanghai Rose	Manabe, First lieutenant	0
10	1952	Adolescence	Teacher Harada	0
11	1952	Beauty and the Thief	Kuroki no Jiro	0
12	1952	The Whisper of Spring		0
13	1953	My Wonderful Yellow Car	The burglar	60
14	1953	Husband and Wife	Ryota Takemura	66
15	1953	Koibito-tachi no iru machi		0
16	1953	Escape Zone		0
17	1953	Wife	Tadashi Tanimura	70
18	1953	Aijô ni tsuite		0
19	1953	The Blue Revolution		0
20	1953	Reunion		60
21	1953	The Eagle of the Pacific	Staff Officer (uncredited)	78
22	1953	The Lovers	Sugawa	0
23	1953	Omatsuri hanjiro		0
24	1953	Red-Light Bases	Koichi Kawanabe	0
25	1954	Farewell Rabaul	Captain Katase	90
26	1954	Itsuko to sono haha	Yasukazu Sugi	0
27	1954	Good Son-in-Law		0
28	1954	Turbid Youth		0
29	1954	Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto	Matahachi	72
30	1954	Women's House		0
31	1955	Policeman's Diary	Patrolman Hanakawa	65
32	1955	Striving to Live		0
33	1955	Bodyguard from Hell		0
34	1955	Till We Meet Again	Jiro Sone	67
35	1955	Vanished Glory		0
36	1955	The Beautiful Nuns		0
37	1955	Three Faces		0
38	1955	A Hole of My Own Making		60
39	1955	The Samurai of Edo		60
40	1955	Policeman's Diary, Part 2		60
41	1956	Evil Reward		0
42	1956	The Burmese Harp	Captain Inouye	79
43	1956	Crossroad	Shōgo Ise	47
44	1956	Phoenix	(Uncredited)	60
45	1956	Ryûri no kishi		0
46	1956	Nikoyon monogatari		0
47	1956	Dotanba		60
48	1957	Stepbrothers	Hantaro Kido	70
49	1957	The Eagle and the Hawk	Keizo Sasaki	57
50	1957	The Flesh Is Weak	Ichiro Kurakoshi	60
51	1958	Wind, Woman and Road	Sentaro	70
52	1958	Night Drum	Hikokurô Ogura	61
53	1958	Yoku		0
54	1958	Face in the Dark	Kijima	0
55	1958	The Undefeated Woman		0
56	1958	The Outsiders	Takeshi Ohiwa	0
57	1959	The Song of the Cart		66
58	1959	Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan	Newspaperman A	57
59	1959	A Dead Drifter		0
60	1959	Thus Another Day	Kenzô Akada	56
61	1959	The Murderer Must Die	Tetsuo Yazaki	0
62	1960	The Great Road		0
63	1960	Hunting Opium-Eaters		0
64	1960	The Stragglers		0
65	1960	Devotion to Railway	Yoshito Matsuzaki	65
66	1961	Miyamoto Musashi	Muneaki Takuan	73
67	1961	Like Fire is My Life		0
68	1961	Fateful Birthplace		0
69	1961	City		0
70	1961	The Catch	Kazumasa Takano	63
71	1961	Run, Genta, Run!		75
72	1962	The Escape		70
73	1962	The Christian Revolt	Uemonsaku	62
74	1962	The Broken Commandment	Rentaro Inoko	66
75	1962	Harakiri	Kageyu Saito	84
76	1962	Hell's Kitchen		0
77	1962	Tokyo Untouchable	Naoto Nishiyama	0
78	1962	Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights	Muneaki Takuan	74
79	1962	The King		0
80	1962	Umineko ga tonde		0
81	1963	Escape from Hell	Shinpei	62
82	1963	Tokyo Untouchable: Escape	Naoto, Nishiyama	0
83	1963	Futari dake no toride		0
84	1963	The Life of Rikisha-Man		0
85	1963	Tale of Army Brutality	Yahichi Inumaru	100
86	1963	The Life of a Horse-Trader	片山米太郎	0
87	1963	Zoku ôsho	Sakita Sankichi	0
88	1964	Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple	Takuan	70
89	1964	A Story from Echigo	Gonsuke Sabu	72
90	1964	Wolves, Pigs & Men	Ichiro Kuroki, The eldest brother	81
91	1965	Kwaidan	Husband (segment "The Black Hair")	77
92	1965	A Fugitive from the Past	Takichi Inukai	75
93	1965	Tale of Japanese Burglars	Gisuke Hayashida	68
94	1965	Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro	Muneaki Takuan - Priest	73
95	1966	The Threat	Misawa	68
96	1966	Thirst for Love	Tetsuya Ezaki	55
97	1966	Captive's Island	Daigoku	65
98	1966	Glorious Fights	Genichiro Gunji	70
99	1967	Zatoichi the Outlaw	Asagoro	64
100	1968	Neon taiheiki		0
101	1968	Profound Desires of the Gods	Nekichi Futori	74
102	1969	Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor	Kamo Serizawa	69
103	1970	Duel at Fort Ezo	Shimbei Usa	54
104	1970	City of Beasts	Yusaku Ishihama	57
105	1970	Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny	Shigata Komijiro	66
106	1971	Shadow of Deception	Keitaro Nishida	63
107	1971	Miyamoto Musashi VI: Swords of Death	Baiken Shishido	65
108	1971	The Earth is Born Again	Eisuke Noda	0
109	1971	3,000 Kilometer Trap		0
110	1971	Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow	Shigata Komijiro	58
111	1971	Confessions Among Actresses	Minakawa	61
112	1972	Zatoichi at Large	Boss Tetsugoro	65
113	1972	The Rendezvous	Detective Yamamuro	63
114	1972	Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy		60
115	1972	Journey Into Solitude	Kunitaro Matsuda	65
116	1973	Deeper Than Blue	Yukiyoshi Tamiya	0
117	1973	Coup d'Etat	Kazuki Kitamura / Ikki Kita	66
118	1974	Himiko	Nashime	71
119	1974	The Tattered Banner	Shozo Tanaka	0
120	1975	Two in the Amsterdam Rain	Masaoka	70
121	1975	Solar Eclipse	Conservative MP	68
122	1976	Barefoot Gen	Father	70
123	1976	The Possessed		0
124	1976	The Inugami Family	Sahei Inugami	69
125	1977	Mount Hakkoda	Major Yamada	64
126	1977	The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro		73
127	1977	The Journalist: Rokko/Kikutake Sunao	Sunao Kikutake	0
128	1977	Sweet Revenge	Kinzo Otsuka	66
129	1978	August without Emperor	Tameichiro Emi	70
130	1978	Never Give Up	Kazunari Ohba	57
131	1979	Vengeance Is Mine	Shizuo Enokizu	75
132	1979	Nomugi Pass		63
133	1980	The Bear Storm		0
134	1980	Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely	Hachiro Munakata	60
135	1981	Asshii-tachi no machi		0
136	1981	Rennyo and His Mother		0
137	1981	Sailor Suit and Machine Gun	Hajime Sandaiji	69
138	1982	The Go Masters	松波麟作	62
139	1983	The Women of Osaka Castle	Toyotomi Hideyoshi	0
140	1984	The Fugitive Samurai		0
141	1984	The Street of Desire	Tadao Shimoda	0
142	1985	Kimi ga kagayaku toki		0
143	1986	Beyond the Shining Sea	Takeya Oumi	50
144	1986	A Human Promise	Ryôsaku Morimoto	65
145	1987	River of Fireflies		0
146	1987	Shinran: Path to Purity		50
147	1988	A Taxing Woman's Return	Teppei Onisawa	65
148	1988	The Making of "A Taxing Woman's Return"	Self	46
149	1988	Wuthering Heights	Takamaru	62
150	1988	Free and Easy	Ichinosuke Suzuki	73
151	1989	Rikyu	Rikyu	75
152	1989	Free and Easy 2	Ichinosuke Suzuki	80
153	1990	Free and Easy 3	Ichinosuke Suzuki	75
154	1991	My Sons	Akio Asano	77
155	1991	Free and Easy 4	Ichinosuke Suzuki	75
156	1992	Basara: The Princess Goh	Junsai	68
157	1992	Luminous Moss	Headmaster / Captain	55
158	1992	Free and Easy 5	Ichinosuke Suzuki	75
159	1993	Making of Daibyonin	Self	0
160	1993	The Last Dance	Buhei Mukai	66
161	1993	Free and Easy 6	Ichinosuke Suzuki	75
162	1994	The Friends	Kihachi Denpo	72
163	1994	Turning Point	Urano	60
164	1994	Free and Easy Special		75
165	1994	Free and Easy 7		75
166	1995	Mitabi no kaikyô		0
167	1996	Oishinbo	Yuzan Kaibara	0
168	1996	Free and Easy 8	Ichinosuke Suzuki	75
169	1997	Free and Easy 9	Ichinosuke Suzuki	73
170	1998	Free and Easy 10	Ichinosuke Suzuki	67
171	1998	Free and Easy: Samurai Edition	Ichinosuke Suzuki	67
172	1999	Will to Live	Yasukichi	63
173	1999	The Old Man and the Sea	(voice)	76
174	2000	Free and Easy 11		70
175	2001	Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project		73
176	2001	A Single Drop of Water in a Mighty River		60
177	2003	The Wind Carpet	Kinta Nakata	58
178	2003	Free and Easy 14	Suzuki Ichinosuke	75
179	2004	Free and Easy 15		75
180	2005	Free and Easy 16	Suzuki	75
181	2006	Free and Easy 17		58
182	2007	Free and Easy 18		75
183	2008	Free and Easy 19		75
184	2009	Through the Mist	(Archive Footage)	64
185	2009	Free and Easy 20: Final		77
186	2011	Onihei Crime Files: Conscience of a Worm	Chubei	80
187	2011	Someday		0
188	2012	Chronicle of My Mother	Hayato	66

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1967	剣	Asaemon Yamada	0
2	1972	Professional Killers		73
3	1972	Nemuri Kyoshiro		0
4	1978	家族熱		0
5	1978	Hito wa sore wo scandal to iu	Koichiro dojima	0
6	1980	Nukata no Ōkimi		0
7	1981	Sekigahara	Masanobu Honda	70
8	1984	子連れ狼		0