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Rentaro Mikuni

Born 1923-01-20

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

Kwaidan 1965 · 7.9 Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto 1954 · 7.4 Vengeance Is Mine 1979 · 7.7 The Burmese Harp 1956 · 8.0 The Old Man and the Sea 1999 · 8.0 Profound Desires of the Gods 1968 · 7.5 Zatoichi the Outlaw 1967 · 7.0 A Fugitive from the Past 1965 · 7.9 Zatoichi at Large 1972 · 6.8 The Inugami Family 1976 · 7.2 Sailor Suit and Machine Gun 1981 · 6.4 Himiko 1974 · 7.0 A Taxing Woman's Return 1988 · 6.7 Chronicle of My Mother 2012 · 7.3 Wuthering Heights 1988 · 6.9 The Catch 1961 · 6.8 Gô-hime 1992 · 6.8 The Rendezvous 1972 · 6.9 The Outcast 1962 · 6.9 Yasei no shômei 1978 · 6.1 Natsu no niwa: The Friends 1994 · 7.2 Tabi no omosa 1972 · 6.8 Husband and Wife 1953 · 7.3 Ôkami to buta to ningen 1964 · 7.5 Ibo kyoudai 1957 · 7.7 Ballad of the Cart 1959 · 7.2