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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1923-01-20 (102 years old)

Place of Birth

Ota, Gunma Prefecture, Japan

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.

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Known For

Acting

2012

2011

2009

Through the Mist as (Archive Footage)

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

Free and Easy 14 as Suzuki Ichinosuke
The Wind Carpet as Kinta Nakata

2001

2000

1999

Will to Live as Yasukichi

1998

Free and Easy 10 as Ichinosuke Suzuki
Free and Easy: Samurai Edition as Ichinosuke Suzuki

1997

Free and Easy 9 as Ichinosuke Suzuki

1996

Oishinbo as Yuzan Kaibara
Free and Easy 8 as Ichinosuke Suzuki

1995

1994

The Friends as Kihachi Denpo
Turning Point as Urano

1993

The Last Dance as Buhei Mukai
Free and Easy 6 as Ichinosuke Suzuki

1992

Luminous Moss as Headmaster / Captain
Free and Easy 5 as Ichinosuke Suzuki

1991

My Sons as Akio Asano
Free and Easy 4 as Ichinosuke Suzuki

1990

Free and Easy 3 as Ichinosuke Suzuki

1989

Rikyu as Rikyu
Free and Easy 2 as Ichinosuke Suzuki

1988

Wuthering Heights as Takamaru
A Taxing Woman's Return as Teppei Onisawa
Free and Easy as Ichinosuke Suzuki

1987

1986

A Human Promise as Ryôsaku Morimoto
Beyond the Shining Sea as Takeya Oumi

1985

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
Sekigahara as Masanobu Honda

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

Mount Hakkoda as Major Yamada
Sweet Revenge as Kinzo Otsuka

1976

Barefoot Gen as Father
The Inugami Family as Sahei Inugami

1975

Solar Eclipse as Conservative MP

1974

Himiko as Nashime
The Tattered Banner as Shozo Tanaka

1973

Coup d'Etat as Ikki Kita
Deeper Than Blue as Yukiyoshi Tamiya

1972

Zatoichi at Large as Boss Tetsugoro
The Rendezvous as Detective Yamamuro
Journey Into Solitude as Kunitaro Matsuda

1971

Shadow of Deception as Keitaro Nishida

1970

Duel at Fort Ezo as Shimbei Usa
City of Beasts as Yusaku Ishihama

1969

1968

1967

剣 as Asaemon Yamada

1966

Captive's Island as Daigoku
Glorious Fights as Genichiro Gunji
The Threat as Misawa
Thirst for Love as Tetsuya Ezaki

1965

Kwaidan as Husband (segment "The Black Hair")
A Fugitive from the Past as Takichi Inukai
Tale of Japanese Burglars as Gisuke Hayashida
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro as Muneaki Takuan - Priest

1964

Wolves, Pigs & Men as Ichiro Kuroki, The eldest brother
A Story from Echigo as Gonsuke Sabu

1963

The Life of a Horse-Trader as 片山米太郎
Tokyo Untouchable: Escape as Naoto, Nishiyama
Escape from Hell as Shinpei
Zoku ôsho as Sakita Sankichi
Tale of Army Brutality as Yahichi Inumaru

1962

Harakiri as Kageyu Saito
Tokyo Untouchable as Naoto Nishiyama
The Broken Commandment as Rentaro Inoko

1961

The Catch as Kazumasa Takano
Miyamoto Musashi as Muneaki Takuan

1960

Devotion to Railway as Yoshito Matsuzaki

1959

Thus Another Day as Kenzô Akada
The Murderer Must Die as Tetsuo Yazaki

1958

The Outsiders as Takeshi Ohiwa
Night Drum as Hikokurô Ogura

1957

The Eagle and the Hawk as Keizo Sasaki
Stepbrothers as Hantaro Kido
But the Flesh is Weak as Ichiro Kurakoshi

1956

The Burmese Harp as Captain Inouye
Phoenix as (Uncredited)
Crossroad as Shōgo Ise

1955

Policeman's Diary as Patrolman Hanakawa
Till We Meet Again as Jiro Sone

1954

Farewell Rabaul as Captain Katase
Itsuko to sono haha as Yasukazu Sugi

1953

Husband and Wife as Ryota Takemura
Wife as Tadashi Tanimura
The Lovers as Sugawa
The Eagle of the Pacific as Staff Officer (uncredited)
Red-Light Bases as Koichi Kawanabe

1952

Beauty and the Thief as Kuroki no Jiro
Sword for Hire as Tachibana Jurata
Shanghai Rose as Manabe, First lieutenant
Adolescence as Teacher Harada

1951

Boyhood as Teacher Shimomura
The Good Fairy as Rentaro Mikuni, news reporter
Fireworks Over the Sea as Tsuyoshi Yabuki

Directing

1987

Writing

1987