Best movies of Rentarô Mikuni

Actors : Rentarô Mikuni, Satomi Oka, Hashizô Ôkawa, Ryûtarô Ôtomo,
Directors : Nagisa Ôshima,

In the year 1637 in Shimabara of Tokugawa-era Japan, oppressed peasant Christians revolt against the shogunate with the aid of a charismatic Christian rebel leader Shiro Amakusa.

Actors : Rentarô Mikuni, Shinjirô Ebara, Ken Takakura, Kin'ya Kitaôji,
Directors : Kinji Fukasaku,

A lonely gangster tries recruiting men to plunder a respected and powerful gang.

Actors : Mitsuko Baishô, Rentarô Mikuni, Yûzô Kayama, Shôgo Shimada,
Directors : Kengo Furusawa,

1864. Samurai Shinbei is sent in a secret mission to Ezo, in the North of Japan, to stop riots of villagers commanded by Jirozaemon. A Russian count's daughter, the village leader's daughter and a secret treasure add up to the adventure.

Actors : Rentarô Mikuni, Akira Nakao, Shima Iwashita, Isao Natsuyagi,
Directors : Kôichi Saitô,

Five years ago Minako spent a night with Sozo, the younger brother of her ex-husband. Now she is married to a wealthy old man, who (though he loves his young wife) is no longer able to ...

Actors : Rentarô Mikuni, Tomokazu Miura, Hiroshi Sekiguchi, Momoe Yamaguchi,
Directors : Katsumi Nishikawa,

Masao is falsely accused and jailed for the murder of a loanshark to whom he owed a lot of money. His sister Kiriko makes the long trip to Tokyo, specifically to accost Otsuka, Japan's top ...

Actors : Sachiko Murase, Rentarô Mikuni, Orie Satô, Chôichirô Kawarasaki,
Directors : Yoshishige Yoshida,

An old woman has died and her widower with dementia confesses to killing her. After this, the story goes back in time to show the events leading up to her death.

Actors : Taisihû Kase, Rentarô Mikuni, Toshiyuki Nishida, Eri Ishida,
Directors : Azuma Morisaki,

This is the story of Densuke, a happy-go-lucky, less-than-average employee of a construction company. He is such an expert in the art of fishing that he has, in secret, become a "guru" to ...

Actors : Rentarô Mikuni, Hideko Yoshida, Shinobu Ohtake, Akira Emoto,
Directors : Kaneto Shindô,

A modern adaptation of Narayamabushi-ko, The Ballad of Narayama.