Rentaro Mikuni
Rentaro Mikuni (三國 連太郎, Mikuni Rentarō, January 20, 1923-April 14, 2013) 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
- Acting
- Born
- 1923-01-20 · Ota, Gunma, Japan
- Died
- 2013-04-14
Known for
- Harakiri (1962) — Kageyu Saito
- Kwaidan (1965) — Husband (segment "The Black Hair")
- Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954) — Matahachi
- The Burmese Harp (1956) — Captain Inouye
- The Old Man and the Sea (1999) — (voice)
- Vengeance Is Mine (1979) — Shizuo Enokizu
- Profound Desires of the Gods (1968) — Nekichi Futori
- Sailor Suit and Machine Gun (1981) — Hajime Sandaiji
- A Taxing Woman's Return (1988) — Teppei Onisawa
- A Fugitive from the Past (1965) — Takichi Inukai
- Zatoichi the Outlaw (1967) — Asagoro
- The Inugami Family (1976) — Sahei Inugami
- Zatoichi at Large (1972) — Boss Tetsugoro
- Rikyu (1989) — Rikyu
- Himiko (1974) — Nashime
- The Friends (1994) — Kihachi Denpo