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Rentarō Mikuni is a Actor, Director and Scriptwriter Japonais born on 20 january 1923 at Gunma Prefecture (Japon)
Rentarō Mikuni (三國 連太郎, Mikuni Rentarō) (also sometimes credited 三国連太郎; ; January 20, 1923 – April 14, 2013), 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.
Mikuni attempted to evade the callup but was arrested by police after his mother informed on him. Instead of being punished he was simply sent to serve in China. He served his time in a unit of unfit and incompetent soldiers, and never fired a weapon at the enemy.
After returning to Japan, he drifted between odd jobs. His career as an actor started when he was asked to do a screen test by a scout. At the time he had no intention of becoming an actor and did the test merely because he was promised some meal tickets.
He took his stage name from his first role in the 1951 film Zenma directed by Keisuke Kinoshita, for which he won the Blue Ribbon award for best newcomer.
He died in 2013 of acute cardiac failure.
(1999)
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Birth name Masao Sato
Nationality Japon
Birth 20 january 1923 at Gunma Prefecture (Japon)
Death 14 april 2013 (at 90 years) at Inagi City (Japon)
Nationality Japon
Birth 20 january 1923 at Gunma Prefecture (Japon)
Death 14 april 2013 (at 90 years) at Inagi City (Japon)
Biography
Mikuni was born the son of a woman who had become pregnant while working as an indentured servant. His mother then married an electrician who had learned his trade while serving in the military, the man Mikuni considered his father. His stepfather was a member of the burakumin, and Mikuni experienced prejudice as a child, such as automatically being suspected of theft when a bicycle was stolen. He was educated to elementary school level and hoped to then start work with his father, but his father insisted that he should attend middle school. Part way through middle school Mikuni dropped out and left home. He was repeatedly sent home from Tokyo by the police. Finally he escaped and from the age of sixteen to twenty he wandered around Japan and Korea (then under Japanese control) doing a variety of jobs. At the age of twenty he received callup papers for the Japanese military.Mikuni attempted to evade the callup but was arrested by police after his mother informed on him. Instead of being punished he was simply sent to serve in China. He served his time in a unit of unfit and incompetent soldiers, and never fired a weapon at the enemy.
After returning to Japan, he drifted between odd jobs. His career as an actor started when he was asked to do a screen test by a scout. At the time he had no intention of becoming an actor and did the test merely because he was promised some meal tickets.
He took his stage name from his first role in the 1951 film Zenma directed by Keisuke Kinoshita, for which he won the Blue Ribbon award for best newcomer.
He died in 2013 of acute cardiac failure.
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Chronicle of My Mother (2012)
, 1h48Directed by Masato Harada
Genres Drama
Actors Kōji Yakusho, Kirin Kiki, Aoi Miyazaki, Kaho Minami, Mimura, Rentarō Mikuni
Roles Hayato
Rating72%
L'écrivain Kosaku Igami, élevé loin de ses parents, pense qu'il a été rejeté par sa mère. Ne pouvant oublier celle-ci même après avoir atteint l'age adulte, Kosaku demande un jour à la vielle femme atteinte de sénilité si elle avait abandonné son enfant dans sa ville natale. Elle lui récite alors un poème qui lui fait comprendre le vraie sentiment qu'elle éprouve. Alors que son ressentiment vis-à-vis de sa mère s'évanouit, Kosaku apprend la nouvelle de sa disparition.
Someday (2011)
, 1h33Directed by Junji Sakamoto
Genres Drama
Actors Yoshio Harada, Michiyo Okusu, Ittoku Kishibe, Koichi Sato, Takako Matsu, Eita
Rating68%
Through the Mist (2009)
, 2h19Directed by Jean-Philippe Duval
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Documentary, Musical
Themes Medical-themed films, HIV/AIDS in film
Actors Dimitri Storoge, Claudia Ferri, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Louis Saia, Isabelle Brouillette, Luc Senay
Roles (Archive Footage)
Rating75%
Dans la blancheur de la campagne québécoise, à St-Étienne-de-Bolton dans l'Estrie, Dédé Fortin et ses Colocs se retirent pour composer ce qui deviendra leur plus célèbre, mais également leur dernier album, Dehors novembre. Durant presque un an, Dédé y compose et écrit ses chansons, la majorité du temps seul, oscillant entre moments de création et périodes d'angoisse plus profonde. Le chanteur y fait en quelque sorte le bilan de sa vie et revisite certains pans de son passé qui viennent parfois le hanter, parfois l'inspirer.
Free and Easy 19 (2008)
Genres Comedy
Actors Toshiyuki Nishida, Miyoko Asada, Rentarō Mikuni, Riki Takeuchi
Rating64%
Free and Easy 11 (2000)
, 1h52Directed by Katsuhide Motoki
Genres Comedy
Actors Toshiyuki Nishida, Miyoko Asada, Kimiko Yo, Rentarō Mikuni
Rating58%
The Old Man and the Sea (1999)
, 20minutesDirected by Alexandre Petrov
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Seafaring films, Transport films, Vieillesse, Mise en scène d'un poisson
Actors Gordon Pinsent, Kevin Duhaney, Yoji Matsuda, Rentarō Mikuni
Roles (voice)
Rating79%
The film follows the plot of the original novel, but at times emphasizes different points.
Will to Live (1999)
, 1h59Directed by Kaneto Shindō
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Rentarō Mikuni, Shinobu Ōtake, Akira Emoto, Hideko Yoshida, Masahiko Tsugawa (津川 雅彦), Akaji Maro
Roles Yasukichi
Rating66%
Yasukichi (Rentarō Mikuni) visits "Ubasuteyama", a mountain where, in the past, old people were left to die. He is a regular at a bar. While at the bar he defecates in his clothes. The bar owner (Naoko Otani) literally kicks him out of the bar. Lying on the pavement, he is run over by a man on a bicycle, who turns out to be a doctor. His daughter, Tokuko (Shinobu Otake), is awakened by a phone call from the hospital asking her to collect Yasukichi. She tries to decline, saying she has bipolar disorder and cannot look after her father, but eventually is forced to take him in. Yasukichi has stolen a book from the hospital about Obasuteyama and begins reading it to Tokuko. The story of Ubasuteyama is told on the screen, in a black and white film.
The Friends (1994)
, 1h53Directed by Shinji Sōmai
Origin Japon
Genres Drama
Actors Rentarō Mikuni, Chikage Awashima, Akira Emoto, Shōfukutei Tsurube II, Minori Terada, Naho Toda
Roles Kihachi Denpo
Rating71%
Pendant les vacances d'été, trois garçons s'amusent à espionner, avec des idées macabres en tête, un vieillard excentrique qui vit seul dans une maison isolée. Petit à petit, ils se rapprochent et découvrent un homme hors du commun.
The Last Dance (1993)
, 1h56Directed by Jūzō Itami
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Rentarō Mikuni, Masahiko Tsugawa (津川 雅彦), Nobuko Miyamoto, Midori Kiuchi
Roles Buhei Mukai
Rating68%
Buhei Mikai is a successful actor and film director, and is making a film about a middle aged married couple, both of whom are dying of cancer.
Free and Easy 6 (1993)
Actors Toshiyuki Nishida, Eri Ishida, Rentarō Mikuni, Etsushi Toyokawa, Takeshi Katō, Takashi Sasano
Roles Ichinosuke Suzuki
Rating52%
Luminous Moss (1992)
, 1h58Directed by Kei Kumai
Genres Drama, Horror
Actors Rentarō Mikuni, Hisashi Igawa, Taketoshi Naito, Eiji Okuda, Chishū Ryū, Tetta Sugimoto
Roles Headmaster / Captain
Rating62%
Un directeur d'école et un romancier, en quête d'inspiration, observent un étrange phénomène naturel avant de partager leurs propres histoires.
My Sons (1991)
, 2h1Directed by Yōji Yamada
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Rentarō Mikuni, Masatoshi Nagase, Emi Wakui, Miyoko Asada, Mieko Harada, Chosuke Ikariya
Roles Akio Asano
Rating74%
The children of old-fashioned patriarch of a family in Iwate Province gather to observe the first anniversary of their mother's death. Tetsuya, working as a bartender in Tokyo, quarrels with his father over the way he is leading his life. Eventually Tetsuya changes his ways and gains the approval of his father.
Free and Easy 4 (1991)
, 1h36Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Toshiyuki Nishida, Rentarō Mikuni, Eri Ishida, Toshinori Omi, Yatsuko Tan'ami, Takeshi Katō
Roles Ichinosuke Suzuki
Rating64%
Rikyu (1989)
, 2h15Directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films
Actors Rentarō Mikuni, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kyōko Kishida, Nakamura Kichiemon II, Tanie Kitabayashi, Akira Kubo
Roles Rikyu
Rating70%
Le film raconte les dernières étapes de la vie de Rikyū, pendant la période Sengoku du Japon féodal. Il commence à la fin du règne d'Oda Nobunaga et continue dans l'ère Momoyama. Rikyū est montré comme un homme profondément passionné par l'esthétique et la perfection dans l'art du thé. Maître de thé d'Oda Nobunaga puis de Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Rikyū, de par sa position privilégiée, est constamment en lien avec les puissants seigneurs et a la possibilité d'influencer leur politique, même s'il évite soigneusement d'y être trop mêlé. Il consacre son énergie à étudier et enseigner la voie du thé. Les tumultes de l'histoire viendront cependant rompre cet équilibre, et ses rapports avec Hideyoshi iront en se dégradant.
Free and Easy 2 (1989)
, 1h36Actors Toshiyuki Nishida, Rentarō Mikuni, Eri Ishida, Mieko Harada, Yatsuko Tan'ami, Takashi Sasano
Roles Ichinosuke Suzuki
Rating67%