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Rentaro Mikuni

Acting Born Jan 20, 1923 Ota, Gunma, Japan 24 credits

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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Full filmography

  • Professional Killers (1972)
  • Harakiri (1962) as Kageyu Saito
  • Nukata no Ōkimi (1980)
  • Nemuri Kyoshiro (1972)
  • Kwaidan (1965) as Husband (segment "The Black Hair")
  • Sekigahara (1981) as Masanobu Honda
  • Hito wa sore wo scandal to iu (1978) as Koichiro dojima
  • Akai Unmei (1976)
  • Captive's Island (1966) as Daigoku
  • Akai Shisen (1980)
  • Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954) as Matahachi
  • Vengeance Is Mine (1979) as Shizuo Enokizu
  • (1967) as Asaemon Yamada
  • The Old Man and the Sea (1999) as (voice)
  • The Inugami Family (1976) as Sahei Inugami
  • The Burmese Harp (1956) as Captain Inouye
  • Sailor Suit and Machine Gun (1981) as Hajime Sandaiji
  • Profound Desires of the Gods (1968) as Nekichi Futori
  • My Sons (1991) as Akio Asano
  • Never Give Up (1978) as Kazunari Ohba
  • 子連れ狼 (1984)
  • The Friends (1994) as Kihachi Denpo
  • Wife (1953) as Tadashi Tanimura
  • Mount Hakkoda (1977) as Major Yamada