Rentaro Mikuni

    Known For

    Acting

    Birthday

    January 20, 1923

    Day of Death

    April 14, 2013 (90 years old)

    Place of Birth

    Ota, Gunma, 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rentaro Mikuni, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

    Known For

    • Harakiri

      Harakiri

      1962

    • Kwaidan

      Kwaidan

      1965

    • Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto

      Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto

      1954

    • The Burmese Harp

      The Burmese Harp

      1956

    • The Old Man and the Sea

      The Old Man and the Sea

      1999

    • Vengeance Is Mine

      Vengeance Is Mine

      1979

    • Profound Desires of the Gods

      Profound Desires of the Gods

      1968

    • Sailor Suit and Machine Gun

      Sailor Suit and Machine Gun

      1981

    • A Taxing Woman's Return

      A Taxing Woman's Return

      1988

    • A Fugitive from the Past

      A Fugitive from the Past

      1965

    • Zatoichi the Outlaw

      Zatoichi the Outlaw

      1967

    • The Inugami Family

      The Inugami Family

      1976

    • Zatoichi at Large

      Zatoichi at Large

      1972

    • Rikyu

      Rikyu

      1989

    • Himiko

      Himiko

      1974