Rentaro Mikuni

Filmography

Rentaro Mikuni - filmography

Rikyu (1989)
Starring: Rentaro Mikuni, Yoshiko Mita, Tsutomu Yamazaki
Director: Hiroshi Teshigahara
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Acclaimed director and headmaster of the Sogestsu school of flower arranging Hiroshi Teshigahara helms this elegant historical drama about tea master Sen no Rikyu. A Buddhist priest who talks of the beauty of a single flower or the shape of a hand holding a teacup, Rikyu (played by Rentaro Mikuni) ..read more »

25% from 2 members
Currently unavailable

Vengeance Is Mine (1979)
Starring: Ken Ogata, Mayumi Ogawa, Rentaro Mikuni
Director: Shohei Imamura
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Japanese society is thrown into chaos as an elusive labourer embarks on a rampage of rape and murder. Based on the true story of Iwao Enokizu.

62% from 569 members
Not available for rental

Vengeance Is Mine - Blu-ray (1979)
Starring: Ken Ogata, Mayumi Ogawa, Rentaro Mikuni
Director: Shohei Imamura
Certificate:
Japanese society is thrown into chaos as an elusive labourer embarks on a rampage of rape and murder. Based on the true story of Iwao Enokizu.

64% from 91 members
Not available for rental

Never Give Up on DVD (1978)
Starring: Ken Takakura, Ryoko Nakano, Hiroko Yakushimaru
Director: Junya Sato
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Following a mass-murder in rural Japan, ex-special forces soldier Ajisawa adopts the only survivor of the massacre, an amnesiac young girl. Intending to put the past behind them, the pair instead find themselves in conflict with the corrupt powerful leaders of a small town. As the girl's memories ..read more »

49% from 68 members

Profound Desires Of The Gods (1968)
Starring: Rentaro Mikuni, Choichiro Kawarazaki, Kazuo Kitamura
Director: Shohei Imamura
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Shohei Imamura's epic production was of little acclaim when first released and has since grown to become legendary in Japanese cinema. 'Profound Desires Of The Gods' chronicles the tale of the Futori Family and an engineer, a powerful encounter in both strange and powerful ways.

68% from 58 members
Not available for rental

Profound Desires Of The Gods - Blu-ray (1968)
Starring: Rentaro Mikuni, Choichiro Kawarazaki, Kazuo Kitamura
Director: Shohei Imamura
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Shohei Imamura's epic production was of little acclaim when first released and has since grown to become legendary in Japanese cinema. Profound Desires Of The Gods chronicles the tale of the Futori Family and an engineer, a powerful encounter in both strange and powerful ways.

66% from 94 members
Not available for rental

Kwaidan on DVD (1964)
Starring: Rentaro Mikuni, Michiyo Aratama, Misako Watanabe
Director: Masaki Kobayashi
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This film contains four distinct, separate stories. "Black Hair": A poor samurai who divorces his true love to marry for money, but finds the marriage disastrous and returns to his old wife, only to discover something eerie about her.

68% from 1,315 member

Harakiri (1962)
Starring: Tatsuya Nakadai, Rentaro Mikuni, Shima Iwashita
Director: Masaki Kobayashi
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Following the collapse of his clan, unemployed samurai Hanshiro Tsugumo arrives at the manor of Lord Iyi, begging to commit ritual suicide on his property. Iyi's clansmen, believing the desperate ronin is merely angling for charity, try to force him to eviscerate himself-but they have ..read more »

86% from 46 members
Not available for rental

Burmese Harp - Blu-ray (1956)
Starring: Rentaro Mikuni, Shoji Yasui, Jun Hamamura
Director: Kon Ichikawa
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Set against the final days of World War II, THE BURMESE HARP portrays the experiences of a group of exhausted, war-scarred Japanese soldiers as they prepare to return to Japan. The film focuses on Shoji Yasui, a soldier known to his comrades for his harp playing, who fails to convince a resistant ..read more »

70% from 91 members
Not available for rental

The Burmese Harp (1956)
Starring: Rentaro Mikuni, Shoji Yasui, Jun Hamamura
Director: Kon Ichikawa
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Kon Ichikawa's antiwar classic depicts the aftermath of the Burmese campaign of World War II and centres on a soldier who, after a series of horrifying experiences, comes to realize that his vocation is to bury the unknown dead.

74% from 185 members
Not available for rental

Rikyu - 1.5 stars
Vengeance Is Mine - 3.0 stars
Vengeance Is Mine - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Never Give Up - 2.5 stars
Profound Desires Of The Gods - 3.5 stars

The Burmese Harp - 3.5 stars
Burmese Harp - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Kwaidan - 3.5 stars
Profound Desires Of The Gods - 3.5 stars
Profound Desires Of The Gods - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars

Rikyu - 1.5 stars
Harakiri - 4.5 stars
Never Give Up - 2.5 stars
Vengeance Is Mine - 3.0 stars
Vengeance Is Mine - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars

Tanie Kitabayashi - 3 times - show films
Hideko Okiyama - 2 times - show films
Mitsuko Baisho - 2 times - show films
Tatsuya Nakadai - 2 times - show films
Jun Hamamura - 2 times - show films

Shohei Imamura - 4 times - show films
Masaki Kobayashi - 2 times - show films
Kon Ichikawa - 2 times - show films
Junya Sato - 1 times - show films
Hiroshi Teshigahara - 1 times - show films