Cast & creator
Rentaro Mikuni
Best known for Harakiri, Professional Killers, Vengeance Is Mine
Rentaro Mikuni (三國 連太郎, Mikuni Rentarō, January 20, 1923-April 14, 2013) 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.
Also known as: Рэнтаро Микуни, 佐藤 政雄, 三国连太郎, さとう まさお, みくに れんたろう
198
film credits
10
television credits
206
1951–2014 · acting roles
7.3
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (208)
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Harakiri
Kageyu Saito
1962
Professional Killers
1972
Vengeance Is Mine
Shizuo Enokizu
1979
Kwaidan
Husband (segment "The Black Hair")
1965
Nemuri Kyoshiro
1972
Akai Unmei
1976
Free and Easy 2
Ichinosuke Suzuki
1989
Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely
Hachiro Munakata
1980
The Go Masters
松波麟作
1982
The Friends
Kihachi Denpo
1994
Rikyu
Rikyu
1989
Hito wa sore wo scandal to iu
Koichiro dojima
1978
The Old Man and the Sea
(voice)
1999
Free and Easy 17
2006
Night Drum
Hikokurô Ogura
1958
The Inugami Family
Sahei Inugami
1976
Akai Shisen
1980
The Burmese Harp
Captain Inouye
1956
Wife
Tadashi Tanimura
1953
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Matahachi
1954
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
Hajime Sandaiji
1981
Sekigahara
Masanobu Honda
1981
Nukata no Ōkimi
1980
Profound Desires of the Gods
Nekichi Futori
1968
Super Hawk Volume II
1954
Zatoichi at Large
Boss Tetsugoro
1972
Never Give Up
Kazunari Ohba
1978
Sweet Revenge
Kinzo Otsuka
1977
A Fugitive from the Past
Takichi Inukai
1965
Wuthering Heights
Takamaru
1988
Through the Mist
(archive footage)
2009
Mount Hakkoda
Major Yamada
1977
Stepbrothers
Hantaro Kido
1957
Tale of Army Brutality
Yahichi Inumaru
1963
Nomugi Pass
1979
The Street of Desire
Tadao Shimoda
1984
Miyamoto Musashi
Muneaki Takuan
1961
Basara: The Princess Goh
Junsai
1992
The Broken Commandment
Rentaro Inoko
1962
Chronicle of My Mother
Hayato
2012
The Eagle of the Pacific
Staff Officer (uncredited)
1953
Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
Shigata Komijiro
1971
A Story from Echigo
Gonsuke Sabu
1964Super Hawk Volume I
1954
The Last Dance
Buhei Mukai
1993
Thirst for Love
Tetsuya Ezaki
1966
Beauty and the Thief
Kuroki no Jiro
1952
The Threat
Misawa
1966
Tale of Japanese Burglars
Gisuke Hayashida
1965
Himiko
Nashime
1974
Wolves, Pigs & Men
Ichiro Kuroki, The eldest brother
1964
Husband and Wife
Ryota Takemura
1953
A Taxing Woman's Return
Teppei Onisawa
1988
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
Takuan
1964
The Song of the Cart
1959
Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project
2001
The Red Light Military Base
Koichi Kawanabe
1953
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
Newspaperman A
1959
Free and Easy 10
Ichinosuke Suzuki
1998
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
Muneaki Takuan - Priest
1965
August Without Emperor
Tameichiro Emi
1978
Turbid Youth
1954
Till We Meet Again
Jiro Sone
1955
Shinran: Path to Purity
1987Shinran: Path to Purity
Director
1987Shinran: Path to Purity
Screenplay
1987
Shadow of Deception
Keitaro Nishida
1971
My Sons
Akio Asano
1991
Captive's Island
Daigoku
1966
The Catch
Kazumasa Takano
1961
Someday
2011剣
Asaemon Yamada
1967
Zatoichi the Outlaw
Asagoro
1967
Turning Point
Urano
1994
Phoenix
Film actor (uncredited)
1956
Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
Shigata Komijiro
1970
Rennyo and His Mother
1981
The Neon Taiheiki
1968
Solar Eclipse
Conservative MP
1975
Kazoku Netsu
1978
A Human Promise
Ryôsaku Morimoto
1986
Wind, Woman and Road
Sentaro
1958
The Rendezvous
Detective Yamamuro
1972
Free and Easy 20: Final
2009
The Fugitive Samurai
1984
Lone Wolf and Cub
Yagyū Retsudō
1984
Free and Easy 4
Ichinosuke Suzuki
1991
Confessions Among Actresses
Minakawa
1971
Will to Live
Yasukichi
1999
Sword for Hire
Tachibana Jurata
1952
Farewell Rabaul
Captain Katase
1954
Escape from Hell
Shinpei
1963
Waga seishun no toki
1975
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
Muneaki Takuan
1962
Journey Into Solitude
Kunitaro Matsuda
1972
Free and Easy 5
Ichinosuke Suzuki
1992子連れ狼
1984
A Single Drop of Water in a Mighty River
2001
The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro
1977
River of Fireflies
1987
Free and Easy 11
2000
Policeman's Diary
Patrolman Hanakawa
1955
Fireworks Over the Sea
Tsuyoshi Yabuki
1951
Free and Easy 16
Suzuki
2005
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
1952
The Great Road
1960
Policeman's Diary, Part 2
1955
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
Kamo Serizawa
1969
Free and Easy 18
2007
The Good Fairy
Rentaro Mikuni, news reporter
1951
The Escape
1962
The Women of Osaka Castle
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
1983
My Wonderful Yellow Car
The burglar
1953
Oishinbo
Yuzan Kaibara
1996
Itsuko to sono haha
Yasukazu Sugi
1954
Tokyo Untouchable
Naoto Nishiyama
1965
Zoku ôsho
Sakita Sankichi
1963
Boyhood
Teacher Shimomura
1951
Free and Easy: Samurai Edition
Ichinosuke Suzuki
1998
The Possessed
1976
The Bear Storm
1980
The King
Sankichi Sakata
1962
Free and Easy 19
2008
Hell's Kitchen
1962
The Murderer Must Die
Tetsuo Yazaki
1959
Face in the Dark
Kijima
1958
Crossroad
Shōgo Ise
1956
Free and Easy 8
Ichinosuke Suzuki
1996
Wandering Shore
1956
Shanghai Rose
Manabe, First lieutenant
1952
The Lovers
Sugawa
1953
Devotion to Railway
Yoshito Matsuzaki
1960
Auto Town
1981
Thus Another Day
Kenzô Akada
1959
Duel at Fort Ezo
Shimbei Usa
1970
Free and Easy Special
1994
Free and Easy 15
2004
The Christian Revolt
Uemonsaku
1962
A Hole of My Own Making
1955
Barefoot Gen
Father
1976
Rainbow Cape
1999
Vanished Glory
1955
Glorious Fights
Genichiro Gunji
1966
The Samurai of Edo
1955
The Life of Rikisha-Man
1963
The Blue Revolution
1953
Luminous Moss
Headmaster / Captain
1992
City of Beasts
Yusaku Ishihama
1970
Nikoyon monogatari
1956
Coup d'Etat
Ikki Kita
1973
Free and Easy 7
1994
The Life of a Horse-Trader
片山米太郎
1963
Dotanba
1956
The Rotten Wheelbarrow
2014
Free and Easy
Ichinosuke Suzuki
1988
Free and Easy 14
Suzuki Ichinosuke
2003
Mitabi no kaikyô
1995
The Beautiful Nuns
1955
But the Flesh is Weak
Ichiro Kurakoshi
1957
Deeper Than Blue
Yukiyoshi Tamiya
1973
Bodyguard from Hell
1955
Run, Genta, Run!
1961
Free and Easy 6
Ichinosuke Suzuki
1993
Umineko ga tonde
1962
Adolescence
Teacher Harada
1952
Two in the Amsterdam Rain
Masaoka
1975
Good Son-in-Law
1954
Free and Easy 3
Ichinosuke Suzuki
1990
Doctor's Day Off
1952
Beauty of Life
1951
The Undefeated Woman
1958
The Earth is Born Again
Eisuke Noda
1971
Fateful Birthplace
1961
3,000 Kilometer Trap
1971
Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy
1972
The Whisper of Spring
1952
Beyond the Shining Sea
Takeya Oumi
1986
Striving to Live
1955
Escape Zone
1953
Kimi ga kagayaku toki
1985
Futari dake no toride
1963
Film Director Satsuo Yamamoto
Self
1993
City
1961
Reunion
1953
The Wind Carpet
Kinta Nakata
2003
Omatsuri hanjiro
1953
The Three Faces
Ken'ichirō Kishi
1955
The Making of "A Taxing Woman's Return"
Self
1988
The Tattered Banner
Shozo Tanaka
1974
Scalpel
Shiro Kikukawa
1974
Women's House
1954
The Stragglers
1960
Free and Easy 9
Ichinosuke Suzuki
1997
Evil Reward
1956
The Eagle and the Hawk
Keizo Sasaki
1957
Making of Daibyonin
Self
1993
Onihei Crime Files: Conscience of a Worm
Chubei
2011
A Dead Drifter
1959
Miyamoto Musashi VI: Swords of Death
Baiken Shishido
1971
Yoku
1958
About Love
1953
Story of Lightning
1951
The Outsiders
Takeshi Ohiwa
1958
Hunting Opium-Eaters
1960
Like Fire is My Life
1961
The Journalist: Rokko/Kikutake Sunao
Sunao Kikutake
1977
Tokyo Untouchable: Escape
Naoto, Nishiyama
1963