Rentaro Mikuni

Rentaro Mikuni

Actor · Director · Writer

Ota, Gunma, Japan
January 20, 1923

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.

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Rentaro Mikuni 1
Rentaro Mikuni 2
Rentaro Mikuni 3

Representative Works

Harakiri
Harakiri
8.5
/ Japanese
Vengeance Is Mine
Vengeance Is Mine
7.6
/ Japanese
Kwaidan
Kwaidan
7.7
/ Japanese
Free and Easy 2
Free and Easy 2
8.7
/ Japanese
Wife
Wife
7.2
/ Japanese
Rikyu
Rikyu
7.5
/ Japanese
The Go Masters
The Go Masters
6.6
/ Japanese
The Burmese Harp
The Burmese Harp
7.8
/ Japanese
Free and Easy 17
Free and Easy 17
5.8
/ Japanese
The Inugami Family
The Inugami Family
7.0
/ Japanese

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Harakiri
1962Winner

Best Performance

Harakiri

Vengeance Is Mine
1979Winner

Best Performance

Vengeance Is Mine

Kwaidan
1965Winner

Best Performance

Kwaidan

Career Highlights

Free and Easy 2
1989Highlight

Best Performance

Free and Easy 2

Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
1954Highlight

Best Performance

Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto