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Rentarō Mikuni was a Japanese film 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. The 1987 film Shinran: Path to Purity (親鸞：白い道), which he wrote and directed, was awarded the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Actor Kōichi Satō is his son.
Birth Name
Masao Sato
Born
Saturday, 20 January 1923
Died
Sunday, 14 April 2013
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Chronicle of My Mother | Hayato | 2011 |
| Someday | Yoshikazu Tsuda | 2011 |
| Free and Easy 20 | Suzuki | 2009 |
| Tsuribaka nisshi 19 | 2008 | |
| Hokushin naname ni sasu tokoro | Katsuya Ueda | 2007 |
| Free and Easy 18 | 2007 | |
| Tsuribaka nisshi 17 | Ichinosuke Suzuki | 2006 |
| Tsuribaka nisshi 16 | Suzuki | 2005 |
| Tsuribaka nisshi 15: Hama-chan ni asu wa nai? | Ichinosuke Suzuki | 2004 |
| Tsuribaka nisshi 14 | Ichinosuke Suzuki / Suzuki Ichinosuke | 2003 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Chronicle of My Mother | Hayato | 2011 |
| Someday | Yoshikazu Tsuda | 2011 |
| Free and Easy 20 | Suzuki | 2009 |
| Tsuribaka nisshi 19 | 2008 | |
| Hokushin naname ni sasu tokoro | Katsuya Ueda | 2007 |
| Free and Easy 18 | 2007 | |
| Tsuribaka nisshi 17 | Ichinosuke Suzuki | 2006 |
| Tsuribaka nisshi 16 | Suzuki | 2005 |
| Tsuribaka nisshi 15: Hama-chan ni asu wa nai? | Ichinosuke Suzuki | 2004 |
| Tsuribaka nisshi 14 | Ichinosuke Suzuki / Suzuki Ichinosuke | 2003 |
| The Wind Carpet | Kinta Nakata | 2003 |
| Tsuribaka nisshi 13: Hama-chan kiki ippatsu! | Ichinosuke Suzuki | 2002 |
| Taiga no itteki | Shinichiro Koryo | 2001 |
| Tsuribaka nisshi 12: Shijo saidai no kyuka | Ichinosuke Suzuki | 2001 |
| Free and Easy 11 | Ichinosuke Suzuki | 2000 |
| The Old Man and the Sea | (voice) | 1999 |
| Niji no misaki | Jun Kawada | 1999 |
| Ikitai | Yasukichi | 1999 |
| Hana no oedo no Tsuribaka Nisshi | Ichinosuke Suzuki | 1998 |
| Tsuribaka Nisshi 10 | Ichinosuke Suzuki | 1998 |
| Tsuribaka nisshi 9 | Ichinosuke Suzuki | 1997 |
| Free and Easy 8 | Ichinosuke Suzuki | 1996 |
| Mitabi no kaikyô | Hah Shigun (old) | 1995 |
| Tsuribaka nisshi 7 | Ichinosuke Suzuki | 1994 |
| Free & Easy Special Version | Ichinosuke Suzuki | 1994 |
| Turning Point | Juzo Urano / Urano | 1994 |
| The Friends | Kihachi Denpô / Kihachi Denpo | 1994 |
| Free and Easy 6 | Ichinosuke Suzuki | 1993 |
| The Last Dance | Buhei Mukai | 1993 |
| Tsuribaka nisshi 5 | Ichinosuke Suzuki | 1992 |
| Shiny Moss | Headmaster / Captain (dual role) / Captain of a ship (plays two parts) | 1992 |
| Gô-hime | Junsai | 1992 |
| Tsuribaka nisshi 4 | Ichinosuke Suzuki | 1991 |
| My Sons | Akio Asano | 1991 |
| Free and Easy 3 | Ichinosuke Suzuki | 1990 |
| Free and Easy II | Ichinosuke Suzuki | 1989 |
| Rikyu | Rikyu | 1989 |
| Free and Easy | Ichinosuke Suzuki | 1988 |
| Wuthering Heights | Takamaru | 1988 |
| A Taxing Woman's Return | Teppei Onisawa / Teppei Onizawa | 1988 |
| Shinran: Path to Purity | Horai | 1987 |
| River of Fireflies | 1987 | |
| A Promise | Ryôsaku Morimoto | 1986 |
| Kimi ga kagayaku toki | 1985 | |
| The Street of Desire | Tadao Shimoda | 1984 |
| The Go Masters | Rinsaku Matsunami | 1982 |
| Sailor Suit and Machine Gun | Hajime 'Fatso' Sandaiji / Hajime Sandaiji | 1981 |
| Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely | Hachiro Munakata | 1980 |
| Oh! The Nomugi Pass | Tokichi Adachi | 1979 |
| Vengeance Is Mine | Shizuo Enokizu | 1979 |
| Never Give Up | Kazunari Ohba | 1978 |
| August Without Emperor | Tameichiro Emi, Head of police at the Ground Self Defence Force / Tameichiro Emi | 1978 |
| Sweet Revenge | Kinzo Otsuka | 1977 |
| The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro | Toyotaro | 1977 |
| Hakkodasan | Major Yamada | 1977 |
| The Inugami Family | Sahei Inugami | 1976 |
| Kinkanshoku | Conservative M.P / Conservative MP | 1975 |
| Ame no Amsterdam | Masaoka | 1975 |
| Ranru no hata | Seizo Tanaka | 1974 |
| Himiko | Nashime | 1974 |
| Coup d'Etat | Ikki Kita / Kazuki Kitamura | 1973 |
| Journey Into Solitude | Kunitarô Matsuda / Kunitaro Matsuda | 1972 |
| Kaigun tokubetsu nenshô-hei | Goichi Miyamoto | 1972 |
| The Rendezvous | Detective / Detective Yamamuro | 1972 |
| Zatoichi at Large | Boss Tetsugoro | 1972 |
| Confessions Among Actresses | Minakawa | 1971 |
| Men and War II | Komajiro Shigita | 1971 |
| Yomigaeru daichi | Eisuke noda | 1971 |
| Miyamoto Musashi VI | Baiken Shishido | 1971 |
| Shadow of Deception | Keitaro Nishida | 1971 |
| The Battle of Manchuria | Komajiro Shimada / Shigata Komijiro | 1970 |
| City of Beasts | Ishihama | 1970 |
| Ezo yakata no ketto | Shimbei Usa | 1970 |
| Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor | Kamo Serizawa | 1970 |
| Profound Desires of the Gods | the chained son / Nekichi Futori | 1968 |
| Zatoichi the Outlaw | Asagoro | 1967 |
| Jigoku no okite ni asu wa nai | Genichiro Gunji | 1966 |
| Punishment Island | Daigoku (aka Kenuma) / Daigoku | 1966 |
| Thirst for Love | Tetsuya Ezaki | 1966 |
| Odoshi | Misawa | 1966 |
| Miyamoto Musashi V: Duel at Ganryu Island | Muneaki Takuan - Priest | 1965 |
| Nippon dorobô monogatari | Gisuke Hayashida | 1965 |
| A Fugitive from the Past | Takichi Inukai aka Kyôichirô Tarumi / Takichi Inukai | 1965 |
| Kwaidan | Husband (segment "Kurokami") / Husband (segment "The Black Hair") | 1964 |
| Ôkami to buta to ningen | Ichirô, eldest brother / Ichiro Kuroki, The eldest brother | 1964 |
| Echigo Tsutsuishi Oyashirazu | Gonsuke Sabu | 1964 |
| Miyamoto Musashi IV: Duel at Ichijyo-ji Temple | Takuan | 1964 |
| Zoku ôsho | Sankichi Sakata / Sakita Sankichi | 1963 |
| Rikugun zangyaku monogatari | Yahichi Inumaru | 1963 |
| Futari dake no toride | 1963 | |
| Tokyo aantachibiru: dasso | Naoto, Nishiyama | 1963 |
| Escape from Hell | Shinpei | 1963 |
| Bakuro Ichidai | Yonetaro Katayama | 1963 |
| Miyamoto Musashi II: Duel at Hannya Hill | Muneaki Takuan | 1962 |
| Hell's Kitchen | Akutagawa | 1962 |
| Harakiri | Kageyu Saito | 1962 |
| The Outcast | Rentaro Inoko | 1962 |
| The Revolutionary | Uemonsaku | 1962 |
| The Escape | 1962 | |
| The Catch | Kazumasa Takano | 1961 |
| Hadakakko | Ozawa-ojisan | 1961 |
| Miyamoto Musashi | Muneaki Takuan | 1961 |
| Ôinaru bakushin | Yoshito Matsuzaki | 1960 |
| Ôinaru tabiji | Kozo Iwami | 1960 |
| Shirôi kona no kyofû | 1960 | |
| Thus Another Day | Kenzô Akada | 1959 |
| Kiku to Isamu | Newspaperman A / Pressman | 1959 |
| Ballad of the Cart | Moichi | 1959 |
| Hyoryû shitaî | 1959 | |
| The Outsiders | Takeshi Ohiwa | 1958 |
| Yoru no tsuzumi | Hikokurô Ogura | 1958 |
| Mayonaka No Kao | Kijima | 1958 |
| The Eagle and the Hawk | Sasaki / Keizo Sasaki | 1957 |
| Stepbrothers | Hantaro Kido | 1957 |
| Ryûri no kishi | Ryûkichi Fukase | 1956 |
| The Burmese Harp | Captain Inouye | 1956 |
| A Hole of My Own Making | Shonosuke Ihara | 1955 |
| Till We Meet Again | Jiro Sone | 1955 |
| Keisatsu nikki | Hanakawa, policeman | 1955 |
| Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto | Honiden Matahachi / Matahachi | 1954 |
| Itsuko to sono haha | Yasukazu Sugi | 1954 |
| Saraba Rabauru | Captain Katase | 1954 |
| Omatsuri hanjirô | Itahachi Yamane | 1953 |
| Taiheiyô no washi | Staff Officer | 1953 |
| The Blue Revolution | Fukuzawa | 1953 |
| Wife | Tadashi Tanimura | 1953 |
| Tobô chitai | 1953 | |
| Koibito-tachi no iru machi | Rokutaro Taninaka | 1953 |
| Husband and Wife | Ryota Takemura | 1953 |
| Haru no sasayaki | Yasuzo Yoshimura | 1952 |
| Shanghai Rose | Manabe, First lieutenant | 1952 |
| Sword for Hire | Tachibana Jurata | 1952 |
| Kin no tamago: Golden girl | 1952 | |
| Adventure in Tokyo | Yusaku | 1952 |
| Inochi uruwashi | Hirokazu Imura | 1951 |
| Fireworks Over the Sea | Tsuyoshi Yabuki | 1951 |
| Boyhood | Teacher Shimomura | 1951 |
| The Good Fairy | Rentaro Mikuni, news reporter / Rentarô Mikuni, news reporter | 1951 |
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