{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Person",
  "@id": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/person/76975/rentaro-mikuni",
  "name": "Rentaro Mikuni",
  "url": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/person/76975/rentaro-mikuni",
  "knownForDepartment": "Acting",
  "description": "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.\n\nDescription above from the Wikipedia article Rentaro Mikuni, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.",
  "birthDate": "1923-01-20",
  "deathDate": "2013-04-14",
  "birthPlace": "Ota, Gunma, Japan",
  "alternateName": [
    "Рэнтаро Микуни",
    "三國 連太郎",
    "佐藤 政雄",
    "三国连太郎",
    "さとう まさお",
    "みくに れんたろう",
    "Rentarō Mikuni"
  ],
  "image": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/kSET9YM6lC5on7W6jUH8XBn9pH.jpg",
  "sameAs": [
    "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0586733"
  ],
  "lastVerified": "4 May 2026",
  "filmography": [
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 14537,
      "title": "Harakiri",
      "year": "1962",
      "role": "as Kageyu Saito",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 8.43,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/3nPwMd3KviJWaHzG9fZCqlwWMas.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/14537/harakiri-1962"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 217739,
      "title": "Professional Killers",
      "year": "1972",
      "role": "Cast",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 8,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/skML7fjniBlKzoGjh0y7JXRbW6v.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/217739/professional-killers-1972"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 30959,
      "title": "Kwaidan",
      "year": "1965",
      "role": "as Husband (segment \"The Black Hair\")",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 7.722,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/t9UMfViYl47SdZZatKQ1JKjjCgs.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/30959/kwaidan-1965"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 204662,
      "title": "Nemuri Kyoshiro",
      "year": "1972",
      "role": "Cast",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": null,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/yUVy693tRWoQR13Kcl4wP4Aa33B.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/204662/nemuri-kyoshiro-1972"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 132335,
      "title": "Akai Unmei",
      "year": "1976",
      "role": "Cast",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": null,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/ysA7jTPOyahfRIHVqGFS2zP1cLh.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/132335/akai-unmei-1976"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 262312,
      "title": "Nukata no Ōkimi",
      "year": "1980",
      "role": "Cast",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": null,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/wjFjhe7QRoRkWsQ2ufAzNR0RUyl.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/262312/nukata-no-okimi-1980"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 50696,
      "title": "Profound Desires of the Gods",
      "year": "1968",
      "role": "as Nekichi Futori",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 7.375,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/n5GTZHtCV0ThjUmDDItz30uVz9c.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/50696/profound-desires-of-the-gods-1968"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 42170,
      "title": "Vengeance Is Mine",
      "year": "1979",
      "role": "as Shizuo Enokizu",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 7.555,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/7mzlay0miUkplT0EsKdR8znOVpe.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/42170/vengeance-is-mine-1979"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 129380,
      "title": "Mount Hakkoda",
      "year": "1977",
      "role": "as Major Yamada",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 6.625,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/1solwae6RKtIL2eP8AOjTqSJOBk.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/129380/mount-hakkoda-1977"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 76715,
      "title": "The Inugami Family",
      "year": "1976",
      "role": "as Sahei Inugami",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 6.959,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/3fOJiviXPrkqlmrvJ5jUhnwolhg.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/76715/the-inugami-family-1976"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 202704,
      "title": "Akai Shisen",
      "year": "1980",
      "role": "Cast",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 8,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/enZnPRv7akNhmQq3d0nzqzoAxLt.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/202704/akai-shisen-1980"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 381660,
      "title": "The Eagle of the Pacific",
      "year": "1953",
      "role": "as Staff Officer (uncredited)",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 7.8,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/gYMa8SMfX29iW7UGACDm5rIqnj6.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/381660/the-eagle-of-the-pacific-1953"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 117212,
      "title": "A Fugitive from the Past",
      "year": "1965",
      "role": "as Takichi Inukai",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 7.327,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/myDkLxltqpusXoAyorK1XZ0TRPa.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/117212/a-fugitive-from-the-past-1965"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 31372,
      "title": "Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto",
      "year": "1954",
      "role": "as Matahachi",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 7.2,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/2nCSzKqOslKrsvUHb2T1jsuh2eQ.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/31372/samurai-i-musashi-miyamoto-1954"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "tv",
      "tmdbId": 136186,
      "title": "Hito wa sore wo scandal to iu",
      "year": "1978",
      "role": "as Koichiro dojima",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": null,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/AsFb62gcDYb0qVav41MpsHqVLCw.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/tv/136186/hito-wa-sore-wo-scandal-to-iu-1978"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 66788,
      "title": "Sailor Suit and Machine Gun",
      "year": "1981",
      "role": "as Hajime Sandaiji",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 7.052,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/6gSmxfFhzVXr1hGXfda0K86rIIA.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/66788/sailor-suit-and-machine-gun-1981"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 144525,
      "title": "Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights",
      "year": "1962",
      "role": "as Muneaki Takuan",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 7.5,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/dSo1GTiZnmlLxq0iNfPffRES8ku.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/144525/miyamoto-musashi-showdown-at-hannyazaka-heights-1962"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 41962,
      "title": "A Taxing Woman's Return",
      "year": "1988",
      "role": "as Teppei Onisawa",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 6.411,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/4MaLVFMSISfG0SAJQubBL7LK69A.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/41962/a-taxing-woman-s-return-1988"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 129609,
      "title": "Chronicle of My Mother",
      "year": "2012",
      "role": "as Hayato",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 6.6,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/xfsTECkAPamOczfpGhQEYvc25RQ.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/129609/chronicle-of-my-mother-2012"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 713472,
      "title": "Shanghai Rose",
      "year": "1952",
      "role": "as Manabe, First lieutenant",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 8,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/6zn3P3aYXJfKK08uwryFZ5dMI7k.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/713472/shanghai-rose-1952"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 154764,
      "title": "Miyamoto Musashi",
      "year": "1961",
      "role": "as Muneaki Takuan",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 7.333,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/jwBtKTX2nuQe5Crx7d4JNGXkqME.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/154764/miyamoto-musashi-1961"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 171488,
      "title": "Night Drum",
      "year": "1958",
      "role": "as Hikokurô Ogura",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 5.929,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/uSQkL1H0smo48Abavg6t7hW7Qvi.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/171488/night-drum-1958"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 411940,
      "title": "Free and Easy 18",
      "year": "2007",
      "role": "Cast",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 7.5,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/zFfnYT7nRiPaBCKNUiOYNQvRC1i.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/411940/free-and-easy-18-2007"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 713498,
      "title": "My Wonderful Yellow Car",
      "year": "1953",
      "role": "as The burglar",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 7,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/6yad9km1OiWeiA5vi9hhDZbft8A.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/713498/my-wonderful-yellow-car-1953"
    }
  ]
}