Rentaro Mikuni
Born in Ota, Gunma, Japan — Jan 20 1923• Died Apr 14 2013
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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.
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Professional Killers
Harakiri
Kageyu Saito
Phoenix
(Uncredited)
Nemuri Kyoshiro
Kwaidan
Husband (segment "The Black Hair")
Nukata no Ōkimi
Wolves, Pigs & Men
Ichiro Kuroki, The eldest brother
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
Hajime Sandaiji
Vengeance Is Mine
Shizuo Enokizu
Akai Unmei
Hito wa sore wo scandal to iu
Koichiro dojima
A Fugitive from the Past
Takichi Inukai
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
Muneaki Takuan
Solar Eclipse
Conservative MP
Mount Hakkoda
Major Yamada
Profound Desires of the Gods
Nekichi Futori
The Inugami Family
Sahei Inugami
Sekigahara
Masanobu Honda
Rikyu
Rikyu
Nomugi Pass
August Without Emperor
Tameichiro Emi
A Taxing Woman's Return
Teppei Onisawa
The Eagle of the Pacific
Staff Officer (uncredited)
Chronicle of My Mother
Hayato
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
Muneaki Takuan - Priest
Escape from Hell
Shinpei
The Last Dance
Buhei Mukai
Oishinbo
Yuzan Kaibara
Striving to Live
Tale of Japanese Burglars
Gisuke Hayashida
Never Give Up
Kazunari Ohba
City of Beasts
Yusaku Ishihama
The Go Masters
松波麟作
Turning Point
Urano
Till We Meet Again
Jiro Sone
The Burmese Harp
Captain Inouye
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
Kamo Serizawa
A Story from Echigo
Gonsuke Sabu
Basara: The Princess Goh
Junsai
Sweet Revenge
Kinzo Otsuka
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Matahachi
Farewell Rabaul
Captain Katase
Sword for Hire
Tachibana Jurata
Akai shisen
Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
Shigata Komijiro
Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
Shigata Komijiro
Himiko
Nashime
The Bear Storm
Onihei Crime Files: Conscience of a Worm
Chubei
The Catch
Kazumasa Takano
Wuthering Heights
Takamaru
子連れ狼
A Hole of My Own Making
But the Flesh is Weak
Ichiro Kurakoshi
Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy
Someday
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
Takuan
The Street of Desire
Tadao Shimoda
Doctor's Day Off
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
剣
Asaemon Yamada
Policeman's Diary
Patrolman Hanakawa
Will to Live
Yasukichi
The Old Man and the Sea
(voice)
Wife
Tadashi Tanimura
Glorious Fights
Genichiro Gunji
Confessions Among Actresses
Minakawa
Turbid Youth
Devotion to Railway
Yoshito Matsuzaki
Captive's Island
Daigoku
The Threat
Misawa
The Undefeated Woman
The Escape
The Christian Revolt
Uemonsaku
Night Drum
Hikokurô Ogura
The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro
Women's House
The King
A Human Promise
Ryôsaku Morimoto
The Friends
Kihachi Denpo
Beyond the Shining Sea
Takeya Oumi
Dotanba
Duel at Fort Ezo
Shimbei Usa
Miyamoto Musashi
Muneaki Takuan
The Broken Commandment
Rentaro Inoko
The Earth is Born Again
Eisuke Noda
Husband and Wife
Ryota Takemura
Deeper Than Blue
Yukiyoshi Tamiya
The Possessed
The Tattered Banner
Shozo Tanaka
My Wonderful Yellow Car
The burglar
Free and Easy
Ichinosuke Suzuki
Red-Light Bases
Koichi Kawanabe
Zatoichi the Outlaw
Asagoro
Tale of Army Brutality
Yahichi Inumaru
Reunion
The Good Fairy
Rentaro Mikuni, news reporter
Miyamoto Musashi VI: Swords of Death
Baiken Shishido
Tokyo Untouchable: Escape
Naoto, Nishiyama
Crossroad
Shōgo Ise
Auto Town
Run, Genta, Run!
The Life of a Horse-Trader
片山米太郎
City
Yoku
Shanghai Rose
Manabe, First lieutenant
The Great Road
Luminous Moss
Headmaster / Captain
Free and Easy: Samurai Edition
Ichinosuke Suzuki
Policeman's Diary, Part 2
Adolescence
Teacher Harada
Fireworks Over the Sea
Tsuyoshi Yabuki
The Life of Rikisha-Man
Free and Easy 14
Suzuki Ichinosuke
Kazoku Netsu
Coup d'Etat
Ikki Kita
Face in the Dark
Kijima
Journey Into Solitude
Kunitaro Matsuda
Beauty of Life
The Murderer Must Die
Tetsuo Yazaki
The Fugitive Samurai
Story of Lightning
Free and Easy 20: Final
A Single Drop of Water in a Mighty River
Beauty and the Thief
Kuroki no Jiro
Omatsuri hanjiro
Shadow of Deception
Keitaro Nishida
Free and Easy 8
Ichinosuke Suzuki
Futari dake no toride
Free and Easy 16
Suzuki
Evil Reward
Escape Zone
The Stragglers
Free and Easy 7
The Outsiders
Takeshi Ohiwa
The Eagle and the Hawk
Keizo Sasaki
Zatoichi at Large
Boss Tetsugoro
Koibito-tachi no iru machi
Bodyguard from Hell
The Women of Osaka Castle
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Free and Easy 9
Ichinosuke Suzuki
Itsuko to sono haha
Yasukazu Sugi
Nikoyon monogatari
The Samurai of Edo
Boyhood
Teacher Shimomura
Free and Easy 5
Ichinosuke Suzuki
Thus Another Day
Kenzô Akada
Free and Easy Special
Thirst for Love
Tetsuya Ezaki
Two in the Amsterdam Rain
Masaoka
Fateful Birthplace
The Beautiful Nuns
The Lovers
Sugawa
Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely
Hachiro Munakata
Shinran: Path to Purity
Three Faces
Umineko ga tonde
The Rendezvous
Detective Yamamuro
Aijô ni tsuite
Making of Daibyonin
Self
Free and Easy 4
Ichinosuke Suzuki
Free and Easy 17
My Sons
Akio Asano
Free and Easy 18
The Whisper of Spring
A Dead Drifter
The Song of the Cart
Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project
Free and Easy 10
Ichinosuke Suzuki
3,000 Kilometer Trap
Barefoot Gen
Father
Free and Easy 11
River of Fireflies
Tokyo Untouchable
Naoto Nishiyama
Vanished Glory
Scalpel
Shiro Kikukawa
Free and Easy 6
Ichinosuke Suzuki
The Wind Carpet
Kinta Nakata
Free and Easy 2
Ichinosuke Suzuki
Stepbrothers
Hantaro Kido
Free and Easy 3
Ichinosuke Suzuki
Rennyo and His Mother
The Making of "A Taxing Woman's Return"
Self
Hunting Opium-Eaters
The Blue Revolution
Free and Easy 15
Hell's Kitchen
Mitabi no kaikyô
Like Fire is My Life
Free and Easy 19
Zoku ôsho
Sakita Sankichi
Kimi ga kagayaku toki
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
Newspaperman A
Ryûri no kishi
Neon taiheiki
Lone Wolf and Cub
Yagyū Retsudō
Wind, Woman and Road
Sentaro
Good Son-in-Law
Rainbow Cape
Through the Mist
(archive footage)
The Journalist: Rokko/Kikutake Sunao
Sunao Kikutake