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Rentarô Mikuni

Highest Rated: 100% Samurai I (1955)

Lowest Rated: 90% The Burmese Harp (1956)

Birthday: Jan 20, 1923

Birthplace: Gunma, Japan

Rentaro Mikuni was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Mikuni kickstarted his acting career in various films such as "Samurai" (1955) with Toshiro Mifune, "The Burmese Harp" (1956) and "The Sin" (1961) with Raizo Ichikawa. He also appeared in the Kinnosuke Nakamura action flick "Miyamoto Musahi" (1961), the Tatsuya Nakadai dramatic adaptation "Harakiri" (1962) and "Miyamoto Musashi: Hannyazaka no ketto" (1962). His film career continued throughout the seventies in productions like "Kaigenrei" (1973), "Himiko" (1974) and "Hadashi No Gen" (1976). He also appeared in "Fukushu Suruwa Ware ni Ari" (1979). Film continued to be his passion as he played roles in "Ninguen no yakusoku" (1988), the Toshiyuki Nishida comedic adaptation "Tsuri Baka Nisshi" (1989) and "Marusa no Onna II" (1989). He also appeared in "A-Ge-Man" (1990) and "Rikyu" (1991). Mikuni most recently acted in the Kôji Yakusho dramatic adaptation "Chronicle of My Mother" (2012).

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Highest rated movies

100% 85% Samurai I
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100% 97% Hara-Kiri
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100% 88% Vengeance Is Mine
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91% 90% Kwaidan
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90% 91% The Burmese Harp
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Fireworks Over the Sea
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Free and Easy 3
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Yakusoku
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Miyamoto Musashi Hannyazaka No Ketto
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Shinran: Path to Purity
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Filmography

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No Score Yet No Score Yet Someday Yoshikazu Tsuda (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet 77% Waga Haha no Ki Hayato (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet Chronicle of My Mother Hayato (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet Free and Easy 20 Ichinosuke Suzuki (Character) - 2009
No Score Yet No Score Yet Free and Easy 18 Unknown (Character) - 2007
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tsuribaka Nisshi 17 Atoha No to Nare Hama to Nare Ichinosuke Suzuki (Character) - 2006
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Wind Carpet Kinta Nakata (Character) - 2003
No Score Yet No Score Yet Taiga no Itteki Shinichiro Koryo (Character) - 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project Ichinosuke Suzuki (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Free and Easy 11 Ichinosuke Suzuki (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hana No Oedo No Tsuribaka Nisshi Unknown (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Free and Easy 10 Ichinosuke Suzuki (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Free & Easy Special Version Unknown (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Friends Unknown (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Last Dance Unknown (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tsuribaka Nisshi 5 Ichinosuke Suzuki (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet Free and Easy 4 Ichinosuke Suzuki (Character) - 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet My Sons Unknown (Character) - 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet Free and Easy 3 Ichinosuke Suzuki (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet Free and Easy II Ichinosuke Suzuki (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet 76% Rikyu Rikyu (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Onimaru Takamaru (Character) - 1988
No Score Yet 84% A Taxing Woman's Return Teppei Onizawa (Character) - 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet Free & Easy Ichinosuke Suzuki (Character) - 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet Shinran: Path to Purity Director,
Screenwriter,
Writer
- 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet River of Fireflies Shigetatsu Mizushima (Character) - 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Go Masters Rinsaku Matsunami (Character) - 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rennyo and His Mother Unknown (Voice) - 1981
100% 88% Vengeance Is Mine Shizuo Enokizu (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet Never Give Up Unknown (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Inugami Family Unknown (Character) - 1976
No Score Yet No Score Yet Himiko Unknown (Character) - 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet Coup d'Etat Kazuki Kitamura / Ikki Kita (Character) - 1973
No Score Yet 60% Zatoichi at Large Boss Tetsugoro (Character) - 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet Yakusoku Unknown (Character) - 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet Shadow of Deception Unknown (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet Confessions Among Actresses Minakawa (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Neon Jungle Guest - 1968
No Score Yet 91% The Profound Desire of the Gods Nekichi Futori (Character) - 1968
No Score Yet 56% Zatoichi the Outlaw Asagoro (Character) - 1967
No Score Yet No Score Yet Zatoichi Royaburi Asagoro (Character) - 1967
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Blind Swordsman's Rescue Asagoro (Character) - 1967
No Score Yet No Score Yet Captive's Island Daigoku (Character) - 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet Jigoku no Okite ni Asu wa Nai Genichiro Gunji (Character) - 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet Aiyoku Unknown (Character) - 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Threat Misawa (Character) - 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tale of Japanese Burglars Gisuke Hayashida (Character) - 1965
No Score Yet 96% A Fugitive From the Past Takichi Inukai (Character) - 1965
91% 90% Kwaidan Husband (Character) - 1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Story From Echigo Unknown (Character) - 1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet Miyamoto Musashi Hannyazaka No Ketto Hoso Takuan (Character) - 1962
100% 97% Hara-Kiri Kageyu Saito (Character) - 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet Amakusa Shiro Tokisada Unknown (Character) - 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Outcast Rentaro Inoko (Character) - 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Escape Unknown (Character) - 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hadakakko Unknown (Character) - 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Catch Kazumasa Takano (Character) - 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ôinaru Bakushin Unknown (Character) - 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet Thus Another Day Kenzo Akada (Character) - 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Outsiders Takeshi Ohiwa (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet Night Drum Hikokuro Ogura (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wind, Woman, and Road Sentaro (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet Stepbrothers Hantaro Kido (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Eagle and the Hawk Sasaki (Character) - 1957
90% 91% The Burmese Harp Captain Inouye (Character) $15.8K 1956
100% 85% Samurai I Honiden Matahachi (Character) - 1955
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Policeman's Diary Hakanawa (Character) - 1955
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Hole of My Own Making Shonosuke Ihara (Character) - 1955
No Score Yet No Score Yet Striving to Live Unknown (Character) - 1955
No Score Yet No Score Yet Farewell Rabaul Unknown (Character) - 1954
No Score Yet No Score Yet Husband and Wife Unknown (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet 67% Wife Tadashi Tanimura (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet No Score Yet Adventure in Tokyo Yusaku (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fireworks Over the Sea Tsuyoshi Yabuki (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet No Score Yet Boyhood Shimomura (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Good Fairy Rentaro Mikuni (Character) - 1951