Rentaro Mikuni: movies and TV shows
Rentaro Mikuni has 206 credits in the archive: 196 films and 10 TV series, from 1951 to 2014. Highest rated: Free and Easy 2 (8.7/10).
Career timeline
1951 – 2014 · busiest year: 1953 (12 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | The Rotten Wheelbarrow | Film | — | 91 | |
| 2012 | Chronicle of My Mother | Hayato | Film | 6.6 | 89 |
| 2011 | Someday | Film | — | 88 | |
| 2011 | Onihei Crime Files: Conscience of a Worm | Chubei | Film | 8.0 | 88 |
| 2009 | Through the Mist | (archive footage) | Film | 6.3 | 86 |
| 2009 | Free and Easy 20: Final | Film | 7.7 | 86 | |
| 2008 | Free and Easy 19 | Film | 7.5 | 85 | |
| 2007 | Free and Easy 18 | Film | 7.5 | 84 | |
| 2006 | Free and Easy 17 | Film | 5.8 | 83 | |
| 2005 | Free and Easy 16 | Suzuki | Film | 8.0 | 82 |
| 2004 | Free and Easy 15 | Film | 8.3 | 81 | |
| 2003 | Free and Easy 14 | Suzuki Ichinosuke | Film | 7.3 | 80 |
| 2003 | The Wind Carpet | Kinta Nakata | Film | 6.3 | 80 |
| 2001 | Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project | Film | 7.3 | 78 | |
| 2001 | A Single Drop of Water in a Mighty River | Film | 7.5 | 78 | |
| 2000 | Free and Easy 11 | Film | 7.3 | 77 | |
| 1999 | Rainbow Cape | Film | 8.0 | 76 | |
| 1999 | The Old Man and the Sea | (voice) | Film | 7.6 | 76 |
| 1999 | Will to Live | Yasukichi | Film | 6.4 | 76 |
| 1998 | Free and Easy: Samurai Edition | Ichinosuke Suzuki | Film | 7.3 | 75 |
| 1998 | Free and Easy 10 | Ichinosuke Suzuki | Film | 7.0 | 75 |
| 1997 | Free and Easy 9 | Ichinosuke Suzuki | Film | 7.5 | 74 |
| 1996 | Free and Easy 8 | Ichinosuke Suzuki | Film | 7.3 | 73 |
| 1996 | Oishinbo | Yuzan Kaibara | Film | 6.5 | 73 |
| 1995 | Mitabi no kaikyô | Film | 7.0 | 72 | |
| 1994 | The Friends | Kihachi Denpo | Film | 7.1 | 71 |
| 1994 | Free and Easy Special | Film | 7.3 | 71 | |
| 1994 | Turning Point | Urano | Film | 7.0 | 71 |
| 1994 | Free and Easy 7 | Film | 7.5 | 71 | |
| 1993 | Film Director Satsuo Yamamoto | Self | Film | — | 70 |
| 1993 | The Last Dance | Buhei Mukai | Film | 6.9 | 70 |
| 1993 | Free and Easy 6 | Ichinosuke Suzuki | Film | 7.7 | 70 |
| 1993 | Making of Daibyonin | Self | Film | — | 70 |
| 1992 | Basara: The Princess Goh | Junsai | Film | 6.9 | 69 |
| 1992 | Luminous Moss | Headmaster / Captain | Film | 6.2 | 69 |
| 1992 | Free and Easy 5 | Ichinosuke Suzuki | Film | 7.9 | 69 |
| 1991 | My Sons | Akio Asano | Film | 7.8 | 68 |
| 1991 | Free and Easy 4 | Ichinosuke Suzuki | Film | 8.3 | 68 |
| 1990 | Free and Easy 3 | Ichinosuke Suzuki | Film | 8.0 | 67 |
| 1989 | Rikyu | Rikyu | Film | 7.5 | 66 |
| 1989 | Free and Easy 2 | Ichinosuke Suzuki | Film | 8.7 | 66 |
| 1988 | Wuthering Heights | Takamaru | Film | 6.7 | 65 |
| 1988 | Free and Easy | Ichinosuke Suzuki | Film | 7.5 | 65 |
| 1988 | A Taxing Woman's Return | Teppei Onisawa | Film | 6.4 | 65 |
| 1988 | The Making of "A Taxing Woman's Return" | Self | Film | 5.1 | 65 |
| 1987 | Shinran: Path to Purity | Film | 5.8 | 64 | |
| 1987 | Shinran: Path to Purity | Film | 5.8 | 64 | |
| 1987 | Shinran: Path to Purity | Film | 5.8 | 64 | |
| 1987 | River of Fireflies | Film | 9.0 | 64 | |
| 1986 | A Human Promise | Ryôsaku Morimoto | Film | 6.7 | 63 |
| 1986 | Beyond the Shining Sea | Takeya Oumi | Film | 7.0 | 63 |
| 1985 | Kimi ga kagayaku toki | Film | — | 62 | |
| 1984 | The Street of Desire | Tadao Shimoda | Film | 10.0 | 61 |
| 1984 | 子連れ狼 | TV | — | 61 | |
| 1984 | Lone Wolf and Cub | Yagyū Retsudō | Film | — | 61 |
| 1984 | The Fugitive Samurai | Film | 7.0 | 61 | |
| 1983 | The Women of Osaka Castle | Toyotomi Hideyoshi | Film | — | 60 |
| 1982 | The Go Masters | 松波麟作 | Film | 6.6 | 59 |
| 1981 | Sekigahara | Masanobu Honda | TV | 6.5 | 58 |
| 1981 | Sailor Suit and Machine Gun | Hajime Sandaiji | Film | 7.1 | 58 |
| 1981 | Auto Town | Film | 10.0 | 58 | |
| 1981 | Rennyo and His Mother | Film | 9.0 | 58 | |
| 1980 | Akai Shisen | TV | 8.0 | 57 | |
| 1980 | Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely | Hachiro Munakata | Film | 7.5 | 57 |
| 1980 | Nukata no Ōkimi | TV | — | 57 | |
| 1980 | The Bear Storm | Film | — | 57 | |
| 1979 | Vengeance Is Mine | Shizuo Enokizu | Film | 7.6 | 56 |
| 1979 | Nomugi Pass | Film | 7.2 | 56 | |
| 1978 | Hito wa sore wo scandal to iu | Koichiro dojima | TV | — | 55 |
| 1978 | August Without Emperor | Tameichiro Emi | Film | 7.3 | 55 |
| 1978 | Never Give Up | Kazunari Ohba | Film | 6.2 | 55 |
| 1978 | Kazoku Netsu | TV | — | 55 | |
| 1977 | Mount Hakkoda | Major Yamada | Film | 6.6 | 54 |
| 1977 | The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro | Film | 8.2 | 54 | |
| 1977 | Sweet Revenge | Kinzo Otsuka | Film | 6.8 | 54 |
| 1977 | The Journalist: Rokko/Kikutake Sunao | Sunao Kikutake | Film | — | 54 |
| 1976 | Akai Unmei | TV | — | 53 | |
| 1976 | The Inugami Family | Sahei Inugami | Film | 7.0 | 53 |
| 1976 | The Possessed | Film | 7.0 | 53 | |
| 1976 | Barefoot Gen | Father | Film | 5.0 | 53 |
| 1975 | Solar Eclipse | Conservative MP | Film | 6.9 | 52 |
| 1975 | Two in the Amsterdam Rain | Masaoka | Film | 8.0 | 52 |
| 1975 | Waga seishun no toki | Film | — | 52 | |
| 1974 | Himiko | Nashime | Film | 6.9 | 51 |
| 1974 | Scalpel | Shiro Kikukawa | Film | — | 51 |
| 1974 | The Tattered Banner | Shozo Tanaka | Film | 10.0 | 51 |
| 1973 | Coup d'Etat | Ikki Kita | Film | 6.5 | 50 |
| 1973 | Deeper Than Blue | Yukiyoshi Tamiya | Film | 8.0 | 50 |
| 1972 | Professional Killers | TV | 8.0 | 49 | |
| 1972 | Nemuri Kyoshiro | TV | — | 49 | |
| 1972 | The Rendezvous | Detective Yamamuro | Film | 6.6 | 49 |
| 1972 | Journey Into Solitude | Kunitaro Matsuda | Film | 6.9 | 49 |
| 1972 | Zatoichi at Large | Boss Tetsugoro | Film | 6.7 | 49 |
| 1972 | Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy | Film | 6.3 | 49 | |
| 1971 | Confessions Among Actresses | Minakawa | Film | 6.0 | 48 |
| 1971 | Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow | Shigata Komijiro | Film | 6.4 | 48 |
| 1971 | Shadow of Deception | Keitaro Nishida | Film | 6.5 | 48 |
| 1971 | Miyamoto Musashi VI: Swords of Death | Baiken Shishido | Film | 6.8 | 48 |
| 1971 | The Earth is Born Again | Eisuke Noda | Film | — | 48 |
| 1971 | 3,000 Kilometer Trap | Film | — | 48 | |
| 1970 | Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny | Shigata Komijiro | Film | 6.8 | 47 |
| 1970 | City of Beasts | Yusaku Ishihama | Film | 6.0 | 47 |
| 1970 | Duel at Fort Ezo | Shimbei Usa | Film | 5.8 | 47 |
| 1969 | Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor | Kamo Serizawa | Film | 6.9 | 46 |
| 1968 | Neon taiheiki | Film | 9.0 | 45 | |
| 1968 | Profound Desires of the Gods | Nekichi Futori | Film | 7.4 | 45 |
| 1967 | Zatoichi the Outlaw | Asagoro | Film | 6.7 | 44 |
| 1967 | 剣 | Asaemon Yamada | TV | — | 44 |
| 1966 | Captive's Island | Daigoku | Film | 6.7 | 43 |
| 1966 | Thirst for Love | Tetsuya Ezaki | Film | 6.0 | 43 |
| 1966 | Glorious Fights | Genichiro Gunji | Film | 7.3 | 43 |
| 1966 | The Threat | Misawa | Film | 7.4 | 43 |
| 1965 | Kwaidan | Husband (segment "The Black Hair") | Film | 7.7 | 42 |
| 1965 | A Fugitive from the Past | Takichi Inukai | Film | 7.3 | 42 |
| 1965 | Tokyo Untouchable | Naoto Nishiyama | Film | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1965 | Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro | Muneaki Takuan - Priest | Film | 7.3 | 42 |
| 1965 | Tale of Japanese Burglars | Gisuke Hayashida | Film | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1964 | A Story from Echigo | Gonsuke Sabu | Film | 7.2 | 41 |
| 1964 | Wolves, Pigs & Men | Ichiro Kuroki, The eldest brother | Film | 8.1 | 41 |
| 1964 | Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple | Takuan | Film | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1963 | Zoku ôsho | Sakita Sankichi | Film | 8.0 | 40 |
| 1963 | Tale of Army Brutality | Yahichi Inumaru | Film | 9.5 | 40 |
| 1963 | Futari dake no toride | Film | 9.0 | 40 | |
| 1963 | Escape from Hell | Shinpei | Film | 6.8 | 40 |
| 1963 | The Life of Rikisha-Man | Film | 8.0 | 40 | |
| 1963 | Tokyo Untouchable: Escape | Naoto, Nishiyama | Film | 9.0 | 40 |
| 1963 | The Life of a Horse-Trader | 片山米太郎 | Film | — | 40 |
| 1962 | Harakiri | Kageyu Saito | Film | 8.4 | 39 |
| 1962 | Hell's Kitchen | Film | 7.5 | 39 | |
| 1962 | The Christian Revolt | Uemonsaku | Film | 6.7 | 39 |
| 1962 | The Broken Commandment | Rentaro Inoko | Film | 6.8 | 39 |
| 1962 | The King | Film | 8.0 | 39 | |
| 1962 | The Escape | Film | 7.0 | 39 | |
| 1962 | Umineko ga tonde | Film | — | 39 | |
| 1962 | Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights | Muneaki Takuan | Film | 7.5 | 39 |
| 1961 | Miyamoto Musashi | Muneaki Takuan | Film | 7.3 | 38 |
| 1961 | The Catch | Kazumasa Takano | Film | 6.5 | 38 |
| 1961 | City | Film | 7.0 | 38 | |
| 1961 | Run, Genta, Run! | Film | 8.3 | 38 | |
| 1961 | Fateful Birthplace | Film | — | 38 | |
| 1961 | Like Fire is My Life | Film | — | 38 | |
| 1960 | The Great Road | Film | 8.0 | 37 | |
| 1960 | The Stragglers | Film | 8.0 | 37 | |
| 1960 | Devotion to Railway | Yoshito Matsuzaki | Film | 7.0 | 37 |
| 1960 | Hunting Opium-Eaters | Film | — | 37 | |
| 1959 | Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan | Newspaperman A | Film | 5.9 | 36 |
| 1959 | Thus Another Day | Kenzô Akada | Film | 5.7 | 36 |
| 1959 | The Song of the Cart | Film | 6.9 | 36 | |
| 1959 | A Dead Drifter | Film | — | 36 | |
| 1959 | The Murderer Must Die | Tetsuo Yazaki | Film | — | 36 |
| 1958 | Wind, Woman and Road | Sentaro | Film | 7.8 | 35 |
| 1958 | Night Drum | Hikokurô Ogura | Film | 5.9 | 35 |
| 1958 | The Outsiders | Takeshi Ohiwa | Film | 7.0 | 35 |
| 1958 | The Undefeated Woman | Film | — | 35 | |
| 1958 | Yoku | Film | 8.0 | 35 | |
| 1958 | Face in the Dark | Kijima | Film | — | 35 |
| 1957 | The Eagle and the Hawk | Keizo Sasaki | Film | 6.1 | 34 |
| 1957 | But the Flesh is Weak | Ichiro Kurakoshi | Film | 7.3 | 34 |
| 1957 | Stepbrothers | Hantaro Kido | Film | 7.4 | 34 |
| 1956 | Ryûri no kishi | Film | 8.0 | 33 | |
| 1956 | The Burmese Harp | Captain Inouye | Film | 7.8 | 33 |
| 1956 | Nikoyon monogatari | Film | 9.0 | 33 | |
| 1956 | Dotanba | Film | 6.0 | 33 | |
| 1956 | Crossroad | Shōgo Ise | Film | 4.4 | 33 |
| 1956 | Phoenix | (Uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 33 |
| 1956 | Evil Reward | Film | — | 33 | |
| 1955 | A Hole of My Own Making | Film | 8.0 | 32 | |
| 1955 | Striving to Live | Film | — | 32 | |
| 1955 | Till We Meet Again | Jiro Sone | Film | 7.0 | 32 |
| 1955 | Bodyguard from Hell | Film | — | 32 | |
| 1955 | Policeman's Diary | Patrolman Hanakawa | Film | 7.0 | 32 |
| 1955 | Vanished Glory | Film | — | 32 | |
| 1955 | The Beautiful Nuns | Film | — | 32 | |
| 1955 | Policeman's Diary, Part 2 | Film | 7.5 | 32 | |
| 1955 | Three Faces | Film | 10.0 | 32 | |
| 1955 | The Samurai of Edo | Film | 6.0 | 32 | |
| 1954 | Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto | Matahachi | Film | 7.2 | 31 |
| 1954 | Turbid Youth | Film | 9.0 | 31 | |
| 1954 | Farewell Rabaul | Captain Katase | Film | 8.5 | 31 |
| 1954 | Women's House | Film | 6.0 | 31 | |
| 1954 | Itsuko to sono haha | Yasukazu Sugi | Film | 8.0 | 31 |
| 1954 | Good Son-in-Law | Film | — | 31 | |
| 1953 | Wife | Tadashi Tanimura | Film | 7.2 | 30 |
| 1953 | The Blue Revolution | Film | 8.0 | 30 | |
| 1953 | The Lovers | Sugawa | Film | 8.0 | 30 |
| 1953 | The Eagle of the Pacific | Staff Officer (uncredited) | Film | 7.8 | 30 |
| 1953 | The Red Light Military Base | Koichi Kawanabe | Film | 9.0 | 30 |
| 1953 | Husband and Wife | Ryota Takemura | Film | 6.9 | 30 |
| 1953 | My Wonderful Yellow Car | The burglar | Film | 7.0 | 30 |
| 1953 | Koibito-tachi no iru machi | Film | 7.0 | 30 | |
| 1953 | Reunion | Film | 6.0 | 30 | |
| 1953 | Omatsuri hanjiro | Film | 8.0 | 30 | |
| 1953 | Aijô ni tsuite | Film | 10.0 | 30 | |
| 1953 | Escape Zone | Film | — | 30 | |
| 1952 | Beauty and the Thief | Kuroki no Jiro | Film | 9.0 | 29 |
| 1952 | Doctor's Day Off | Film | 6.8 | 29 | |
| 1952 | Sword for Hire | Tachibana Jurata | Film | 6.7 | 29 |
| 1952 | Adolescence | Teacher Harada | Film | 10.0 | 29 |
| 1952 | Shanghai Rose | Manabe, First lieutenant | Film | 8.0 | 29 |
| 1952 | Kin no tamago: Golden Girl | Film | 9.0 | 29 | |
| 1952 | The Whisper of Spring | Film | 10.0 | 29 | |
| 1951 | The Good Fairy | Rentaro Mikuni, news reporter | Film | 5.8 | 28 |
| 1951 | Fireworks Over the Sea | Tsuyoshi Yabuki | Film | 5.4 | 28 |
| 1951 | Boyhood | Teacher Shimomura | Film | 6.9 | 28 |
| 1951 | Story of Lightning | Film | 10.0 | 28 | |
| 1951 | Beauty of Life | Film | 10.0 | 28 |