Rentaro Mikuni
Known For
Acting
Born
1923-01-20 in Ota, Gunma, Japan
Died
2013-04-14
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rentaro Mikuni, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Known For
Professional Killers
Shinran: Path to Purity
Harakiri
as Kageyu Saito
Nemuri Kyoshiro
Kwaidan
as Husband (segment "The Black Hair")
Wuthering Heights
as Takamaru
Akai Unmei
The Burmese Harp
as Captain Inouye
Akai shisen
The Inugami Family
as Sahei Inugami
子連れ狼
Profound Desires of the Gods
as Nekichi Futori
Rikyu
as Rikyu
Vengeance Is Mine
as Shizuo Enokizu
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
as Hajime Sandaiji
Never Give Up
as Kazunari Ohba
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
as Matahachi
The Old Man and the Sea
as (voice)
Chronicle of My Mother
as Hayato
A Fugitive from the Past
as Takichi Inukai