Rentaro Mikuni
Acting
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.
Born: January 20, 1923
Place of Birth: Ota, Gunma, Japan
Known For
Tale of Army Brutality
Director Jun'ya Satô's debut film focuses on the inhuman training of recruits, the brutal drill system that reigned in the Japanese army during World War II, where in the first two years of training, ordinary people were turned into inhuman killers. For his first film, the director was awarded the Blue Ribbon Awards in the Debutant of the Year nomination.
Harakiri
Down-on-his-luck veteran Tsugumo Hanshirō enters the courtyard of the prosperous House of Iyi. Unemployed, and with no family, he hopes to find a place to commit seppuku—and a worthy second to deliver the coup de grâce in his suicide ritual. The senior counselor for the Iyi clan questions the ronin’s resolve and integrity, suspecting Hanshirō of seeking charity rather than an honorable end. What follows is a pair of interlocking stories which lay bare the difference between honor and respect, and promises to examine the legendary foundations of the Samurai code.
Farewell Rabaul
A squadron of Japanese fighter pilots realise that they are never going to win the war when they understand that Japanese military tactics have little regard for life. Seeking the companionship of any woman who will have them, they spend their days indulging in every fantasy in order to escape the overwhelming fear of death looming just over the horizon.
Wolves, Pigs & Men
Sabu and his pals hold a pauper's funeral for Sabu's mother. His brother Jiro arrives home, fresh out of jail, and Sabu pointedly states that Jiro is not invited. Jiro meanwhile is planning a big job - steal 40 million in cash and drugs, and he invites Sabu and gang to act as decoys, for 50,000 each. The sting is a success, but the double-crossing starts almost immediately. Sabu discovers how little of the take they were promised and hides the stash. Jiro and his slimy partner pressure the kids to fess up. Meanwhile, their respectable elder brother Ichiro is being leaned on by the town's big boss, whose money it was.
Onihei Crime Files: Conscience of a Worm
Detective Onihei better known as "Heizo the Demon" heads a group of skilled officers, however, one of those special officers got himself into a web of betrayal and deceit, and become the very thing Heizo the Demon investigates daily.
Free and Easy 2
Hama-chan gets Su-san hooked on fishing, but Su-san has some problems to deal with; a beautiful woman saves Su-san when he collapses while fishing.
Professional Killers
A shikakenin was an under-the-cover trade that undertook killing in Edo. Hanemon of Otowa, an agency that introduced laborers and maids, was also one of these. Katsugoro Iseya was a timber dealer who had come in as a client. His target was the constructions magistrate Hanno, and the Tatsumiya who sipped on the benefits. Hanemon who had a stong code towards killing, where he would only kill those who do no good to be in the world, accepts this request. Baian Fujieda, a needle doctor would carry out the killing. However, the professional killer Baian fails to bring down Tatsumiya. Hanemon then looks to another shikakenin, the ronin Sanai Nishimura for the role. Although Sanai's ability with the sword is good, he lives poorly in a tenement, and accepts this commission on the condition that it is kept a secret from his wife and child. Here, they close in on Hanno and Tatsumiya again...
The Burmese Harp
In Burma during the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier separated from his unit disguises himself as a Buddhist monk to escape imprisonment as a POW.
The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro
Taro Kuroki, 42, is a stuntman with a samurai's heart. He loves adventures, plays pranks with the police, tries to cure a cat lady by reversing her trauma, and finally, rescues his niece who is about to be lured into prostitution.
Kwaidan
Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money with tragic results. A man stranded in a blizzard is saved by Yuki the Snow Maiden, but his rescue comes at a cost. Blind musician Hoichi is forced to perform for an audience of ghosts. An author relates the story of a samurai who sees another warrior's reflection in his teacup.
Filmography
as Hayato
as (Archive Footage)
as Suzuki
as Suzuki Ichinosuke
as Kinta Nakata
as (voice)
as Yasukichi
as Ichinosuke Suzuki
as Ichinosuke Suzuki
as Ichinosuke Suzuki
as Ichinosuke Suzuki
as Yuzan Kaibara
as Urano
as Kihachi Denpo
as Ichinosuke Suzuki
as Buhei Mukai
as Self
as Ichinosuke Suzuki
as Headmaster / Captain
as Junsai
as Ichinosuke Suzuki
as Akio Asano
as Ichinosuke Suzuki
as Ichinosuke Suzuki
as Rikyu
as Ichinosuke Suzuki
as Takamaru
as Teppei Onisawa
as Ryôsaku Morimoto
as Takeya Oumi
as Tadao Shimoda
as Yagyū Retsudō
as Toyotomi Hideyoshi
as 松波麟作
as Hajime Sandaiji
as Masanobu Honda
as Hachiro Munakata
as Shizuo Enokizu
as Koichiro dojima
as Kazunari Ohba
as Tameichiro Emi
as Kinzo Otsuka
as Sunao Kikutake
as Major Yamada
as Sahei Inugami
as Father
as Conservative MP
as Masaoka
as Shiro Kikukawa
as Shozo Tanaka
as Nashime
as Ikki Kita
as Yukiyoshi Tamiya
as Kunitaro Matsuda
as Detective Yamamuro
as Boss Tetsugoro
as Minakawa
as Shigata Komijiro
as Eisuke Noda
as Baiken Shishido
as Keitaro Nishida
as Shigata Komijiro
as Yusaku Ishihama
as Shimbei Usa
as Kamo Serizawa
as Nekichi Futori
as Asagoro
as Genichiro Gunji
as Daigoku
as Tetsuya Ezaki
as Misawa
as Muneaki Takuan - Priest
as Gisuke Hayashida
as Naoto Nishiyama
as Takichi Inukai
as Husband (segment "The Black Hair")
as Ichiro Kuroki, The eldest brother
as Gonsuke Sabu
as Sakita Sankichi
as 片山米太郎
as Yahichi Inumaru
as Naoto, Nishiyama
as Shinpei
as Muneaki Takuan
as Kageyu Saito
as Rentaro Inoko
as Uemonsaku
as Kazumasa Takano
as Muneaki Takuan
as Yoshito Matsuzaki
as Tetsuo Yazaki
as Kenzô Akada
as Newspaperman A
as Takeshi Ohiwa
as Kijima
as Hikokurô Ogura
as Sentaro
as Ichiro Kurakoshi
as Keizo Sasaki
as Hantaro Kido
as (Uncredited)
as Shōgo Ise
as Captain Inouye
as Jiro Sone
as Patrolman Hanakawa
as Matahachi
as Yasukazu Sugi
as Captain Katase
as Koichi Kawanabe
as Sugawa
as Staff Officer (uncredited)
as Tadashi Tanimura
as Ryota Takemura
as The burglar
as Kuroki no Jiro
as Teacher Harada
as Manabe, First lieutenant
as Tachibana Jurata
as Tsuyoshi Yabuki
as Teacher Shimomura
as Rentaro Mikuni, news reporter