List of the best Rentarô Mikuni movies: Kwaidan(1964), Vengeance Is Mine(1979), The Burmese Harp(1956), Samurai I(1955), Waga Haha no Ki(2011), Hara-Kiri(1963), Confessions Among Actresses(1971) ... ...
Horror, Fantasy
Japan
1964
164 Minutes
Rentarô Mikuni Michiyo Aratama Tetsuro Tamba Katsuo Nakamura Keiko Kishi
author samurai wife musician ghost victim creative striking japan countryside teahouse family home ghosts folklore supernatural quest metamorphosis mystery unknown era
A collection of four Japanese folk tales with supernatural themes.
Crime, Drama
Japan
1979
128 Minutes
Ken Ogata Rentarô Mikuni Chocho Miyako Mitsuko Baishô Nijiko Kiyokawa Mayumi Ogawa
serial killer wife father madam truck driver ex-convict bleak brutal tense japan city suburbia prison brothel murder manhunt relationships incest investigation mental illness
Chronological exploits of Iwao Enokizu, a murderous thief on the run.
War
1956
116 Minutes
Captain Inouye
Shôji Yasui Rentarô Mikuni Tatsuya Mihashi Tanie Kitabayashi Yunosuke Ito
japanese soldier british soldier monk brutal gripping gutsy solemn burma cave buddhism spiritual journey pacifism world war ii quest transformation fall 1940s
Kon Ichikawa's anti-war parable about a Japanese soldier burying his fallen comrades at the end of World War II.
Adventure, Sports & Fitness
1955
92 Minutes
Honiden Matahachi
Toshirô Mifune Kaoru Yachigusa Rentarô Mikuni Mariko Okada Kuroemon Onoe Mitsuko Mito Eiko Miyoshi
warrior wife mother girlfriend samurai spectacular suspenseful intense japan war forbidden love martial arts transformation quest escape 17th century
The first part of director Hiroshi Inagaki's trilogy based on 17th-century Japanese warrior Musashi Miyamoto.
Drama
Japan
2011
Minutes
Hayato
Koji Yakusho Aoi Miyazaki Kaho Minami Rentarô Mikuni Kirin Kiki Takahiro Miura Erina Mano Mimura
Based on an autobiographical novel by Inoue Yasushi, the film chronicles the passage of fifteen years within a family struggling with abandonment, resentment and decline with old age. As ... See full summary »
Drama
Japan
1963
135 Minutes
Kageyu Saito
Tatsuya Nakadai Shima Iwashita Akira Ishihama Yoshio Inaba Rentarô Mikuni Masao Mishima
samurai guard landowner daughter solemn brooding intricate striking japan feudal home revenge honor culture clash family death sacrifice fall revenge 17th century
When a ronin requesting seppuku at a feudal lord's palace is told of the brutal suicide of another ronin who previously visited, he reveals how their pasts are intertwined - and in doing so challenges the clan's integrity.
Drama
Japan
1971
124 Minutes
Minakawa
Mariko Okada Ruriko Asaoka Ineko Arima Miyoko Akaza Kazuko Inano Isao Kimura Rentarô Mikuni Kiwako Taichi
The lives of three movie actresses unfold, transform and get exposed. Each of them owes their choice of profession to a respective traumatic event.