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Acting

Rentaro Mikuni

Career: Active from 1951 to 2011, busiest in 1963 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles: 82
top three billing

Average score: 70/100

Highest rated: Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 35 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Rentaro Mikuni Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.7, average 5.4
Pop Culture
0.5, average 2.2
Situational Comedy
1.2, average 2.7
Tech & Humanity
0.5, average 1.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Japanese Cinema 9
Social Commentary 9
Historical Drama 8
Political Intrigue 7
Slow Burn 4
Character Study 4
Violence 3
Character-Driven 3
Melancholy 3
Moral Ambiguity 3
Psychological Drama 3
Period Piece 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

133

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2010s

2 titles · average score 71

Chronicle of My Mother

71

as Hayato

Onihei Crime Files: Conscience of a Worm

as Chubei

2000s

4 titles · average score 67

Through the Mist

70

as (archive footage)

Free and Easy 16

as Suzuki

Free and Easy 14

as Suzuki Ichinosuke

The Wind Carpet

65

as Kinta Nakata

1990s

17 titles · average score 68

The Old Man and the Sea

81

as (voice)

Will to Live

as Yasukichi

Free and Easy: Samurai Edition

as Ichinosuke Suzuki

The Friends

48

as Kihachi Denpo

The Last Dance

69

as Buhei Mukai

Free and Easy 6

as Ichinosuke Suzuki

Luminous Moss

as Headmaster / Captain

Free and Easy 5

as Ichinosuke Suzuki

Basara: The Princess Goh

69

as Junsai

My Sons

76

as Akio Asano

Free and Easy 4

as Ichinosuke Suzuki

Free and Easy 3

as Ichinosuke Suzuki

1980s

18 titles · average score 70

Rikyu

73

as Rikyu

Free and Easy 2

as Ichinosuke Suzuki

A Taxing Woman's Return

71

as Teppei Onisawa

Wuthering Heights

69

as Takamaru

Free and Easy

as Ichinosuke Suzuki

Shinran: Path to Purity

Director, Screenplay

A Human Promise

71

as Ryôsaku Morimoto

The Street of Desire

as Tadao Shimoda

The Go Masters

69

as 松波麟作

Sailor Suit and Machine Gun

66

as Hajime Sandaiji

Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely

as Hachiro Munakata

Akai Shisen

TV show

1970s

31 titles · average score 69

Never Give Up

72

as Kazunari Ohba

Sweet Revenge

as Kinzo Otsuka

Barefoot Gen

as Father

Solar Eclipse

as Conservative MP

Himiko

70

as Nashime

Coup d'Etat

66

as Ikki Kita

Zatoichi at Large

67

as Boss Tetsugoro

The Rendezvous

67

as Detective Yamamuro

Nemuri Kyoshiro

TV show

Miyamoto Musashi VI: Swords of Death

as Baiken Shishido

Duel at Fort Ezo

as Shimbei Usa

City of Beasts

as Yusaku Ishihama

1960s

29 titles · average score 73

Profound Desires of the Gods

79

as Nekichi Futori

Zatoichi the Outlaw

68

as Asagoro

The Threat

72

as Misawa

Captive's Island

68

as Daigoku

Kwaidan

78

as Husband (segment "The Black Hair")

A Fugitive from the Past

82

as Takichi Inukai

Tale of Japanese Burglars

as Gisuke Hayashida

Wolves, Pigs & Men

77

as Ichiro Kuroki, The eldest brother

A Story from Echigo

as Gonsuke Sabu

The Broken Commandment

68

as Rentaro Inoko

The Christian Revolt

67

as Uemonsaku

The Catch

66

as Kazumasa Takano

1950s

32 titles · average score 73

Night Drum

66

as Hikokurô Ogura

The Eagle and the Hawk

as Keizo Sasaki

But the Flesh is Weak

as Ichiro Kurakoshi

Stepbrothers

as Hantaro Kido

The Burmese Harp

74

as Captain Inouye

Crossroad

as Shōgo Ise

Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto

87

as Matahachi

Farewell Rabaul

as Captain Katase

Wife

71

as Tadashi Tanimura

Husband and Wife

70

as Ryota Takemura

Sword for Hire

69

as Tachibana Jurata

The Good Fairy

as Rentaro Mikuni, news reporter