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

as Kageyu Saito

Kwaidan

as Husband (segment "The Black Hair")

Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto

as Matahachi

The Old Man and the Sea

as (voice)

The Burmese Harp

as Captain Inouye

Vengeance Is Mine

as Shizuo Enokizu

Profound Desires of the Gods

as Nekichi Futori

Sailor Suit and Machine Gun

as Hajime Sandaiji

A Fugitive from the Past

as Takichi Inukai

Zatoichi the Outlaw

as Asagoro