Rentaro Mikuni — Actor (81)
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Never Give Up (1978) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
野性の証明
director: Junya Satō actor: Ken Takakura / Ryoko Nakano …
other title: Survie en pleine nature / 野性の証明
Special forces officer Ajisawa leaves his paramilitary group to take care of his newly-adopted daughter, Yoriko: the sole survival of a bloodbath for which he is responsible. Years later, Ajisawa is forced to return to the scene of the tragedy for his new job as a claims adjuster where he is subsequently arrested for his suspected involvement. But the threat of jail time is the least of his worries as his former organization comes gunning for him.
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Oishinbo (1996) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
美味しんぼ
director: Azuma Morisaki actor: Koichi Sato / Michiko Hada …
other title: 美味しんぼ
Based on the comic by Tatsu Kariya.
Featuring journalist Shiro Yamaoka who works for Touzai Shimbun. He is a cynical food critic who is tasked by the newspaper's owner, along with the young Yuko Kurita, to provide recipes for the "ultimate menu".
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Sword for Hire (1952) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
戦国無頼
director: Hiroshi Inagaki actor: Rentaro Mikuni / Toshirō Mifune …
other title: Sengoku burai / 戦国無頼 …
Soldiers Hayate and Yaheiji secretly escape from their besieged castle. Hayate has left behind his lover, Kano. On his way, Hayate is wounded and cared for by O’Ryo, who falls in love with him. But when Hayate accidentally kills her caretaker, he flees, with O’Ryo in pursuit. Subsequently, Hayate's comrade Yaheiji falls in love with Oryo. Kano, the lover left behind by Hayate, believes him dead, and becomes involved with another soldier, Jurota. When Jurota defects to the opposing army, he takes Kano with him. A double set of love triangles has developed, wherein each man and each woman loves one and is loved by another. Finally only combat and self-sacrifice can untangle the weave.
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The Threat (1966) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
脅迫
director: Kinji Fukasaku actor: Rentaro Mikuni / Masumi Harukawa …
other title: Chantage / 脅迫
Two escaped criminals who kidnapped a baby break into the house of Misawa, a man who works in an advertising agency and lives quietly with his family. They will force him to collect the child's ransom for them.
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Confessions Among Actresses (1971) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
告白的女優論
director: Yoshishige Yoshida actor: Mariko Okada / Ruriko Asaoka …
other title: Aveux, théories, actrices / 告白的女優論
In this intricately layered Japanese film, the nature of actresses and what they gain from acting is explored. The lives of three actresses are laid bare, and scenes from their lives are woven in and out of interviews with each of them. Each of them has experienced a traumatic event which contributes to their particular enjoyment of becoming someone else in dramatic roles.
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The Possessed (1976) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
妖婆
director: Tadashi Imai actor: Machiko Kyō / Kazuko Inano …
other title: 妖婆
Oshima, a rich girl married Shinzo, and her cousin girl Sawa has been jealous of Oshima deeply. Sawa cursed Oshima so Shinzo could not hold her and do anything at all. Shinzo hated Oshima, and he made love with Sawa.
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Captive's Island (1966) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
処刑の島
director: Masahiro Shinoda actor: Shogen Nitta / Rentarō Mikuni …
other title: La isla de la tortura / 処刑の島 …
Seeking revenge against the guard who tormented him, a young man returns to the island where he was imprisoned in reform school. But his plans for vengeance are disturbed when he encounters a strange and beautiful young woman.
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Rikyu (1989) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
利休
director: Hiroshi Teshigahara actor: Rentaro Mikuni / Yoshiko Mita …
other title: Rikyu der Teemeister / 利休 …
Late in the 1500s, an aging tea master teaches the way of tea to a headstrong Shogun. Through force of will and courageous fighting, Hideyoshi becomes Japan’s most powerful warlord, unifying the country.
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The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro (1977) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
黒木太郎の愛と冒険
director: Azuma Morisaki actor: Kunie Tanaka / Mitsuko Baisho …
other title: 黒木太郎の愛と冒険
Taro Kuroki, 42, is a stuntman with a samurai's heart. He loves adventures, plays pranks with the police, tries to cure a cat lady by reversing her trauma, and finally, rescues his niece who is about to be lured into prostitution.
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Coup d'Etat (1973) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
戒厳令
director: Yoshishige Yoshida actor: Rentaro Mikuni / Yasuyo Matsumura …
other title: Golpe de Estado / Coup d'État …
A freestyle biopic of Ikki Kita, the ultranationalist intellectual whose ideas inspired the failed military coup in 1936.
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Two in the Amsterdam Rain (1975) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
雨のアムステルダム
director: Koreyoshi Kurahara actor: Kenichi Hagiwara / Keiko Kishi …
other title: 雨のアムステルダム
Sakuda is a Japanese expat working in Amsterdam. When his company gets exposed for exporting fire arms to Italy that are later repurposed for war in Africa, he finds himself involved in a major complot alongside Ryo, a woman from his native village whom he falls in love with.
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The Rendezvous (1972) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
約束
director: Kōichi Saitō actor: Keiko Kishi / Kenichi Hagiwara …
other title: Le Rendez-vous / 約束 …
The brief love story of an attentive young man and a beautiful woman who meet, fall in love and part during the course of a train ride.
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The Catch (1961) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB IMDb WikiData Douban
飼育
director: Nagisa Ōshima actor: Rentaro Mikuni / Akiko Koyama …
other title: L'addomesticamento / Le Piège …
Towards the end of WWII, a black American pilot is captured and imprisoned by rural Japanese villagers, who await official instructions as to how to proceed with their 'catch'.
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Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely (1980) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB IMDb WikiData
ミスター・ミセス・ミス・ロンリー
director: Tatsumi Kumashiro actor: Mieko Harada / Ryudo Uzaki …
other title: ミスター・ミセス・ミス・ロンリー / 寂寞先生女士小姐
Two men and a woman plan to steal 1.5 Billion yen.
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Crossroad (1956) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb
死の十字路
director: Umetsugu Inoue actor: Rentaro Mikuni / Michiyo Aratama …
other title: 死の十字路
Ise, a successful entrepreneur, accidentally murders his lunatic wife after he is spotted having an affair with his secretary, Harumi. In his attempt to perfect his crime, he drives to a remote quarry to bury his wife’s body, but along the way, he finds another dead body in the back of his car! Given no choice, Ise dumps both bodies. Meanwhile, Yoshie begins her search for her missing brother, Yoshihiko. After surprising twists and turns, Ise faces his fate.