Rentaro Mikuni
- 1959
The Song of the Cart
The Song of the Cart6.6 Feb. 11, 1959 HD
A lifetime story of a woman who stubbornly lives in a poor mountain village in post-war Japan.
Genre: Drama
Actors:Harue Tone, Rentaro Mikuni, Teruko Kishi, Yūko Mochizuki
- 1964
Wolves, Pigs & Men
Wolves, Pigs & Men8.1 Aug. 26, 1964 HD
Sabu and his pals hold a pauper’s funeral for Sabu’s mother. His brother Jiro arrives home, fresh out of jail, and Sabu pointedly ...
Actors:Ken Takakura, Kinya Kitaoji, Rentaro Mikuni, Sanae Nakahara, Shinjirō Ehara
- 1965
A Fugitive from the Past
A Fugitive from the Past7.5 Jan. 15, 1965 HD
Three robbers escape with loot from a heist before one of them kills the others. Their corpses wash up near the aftermath of a maritime calamity, ...
Actors:Kōji Mitsui, Rentaro Mikuni, Sadako Sawamura, Yoshi Katō
- 1957
Stepbrothers
Stepbrothers7.0 Jun. 25, 1957 HD
In a military family, an illegitimate son is brutalized by his brothers. A patriarchal, feudalistic household where dissent is forbidden is used ...
Genre: Drama
Actors:Hizuru Takachiho, Katsuo Nakamura, Kōji Nanbara, Rentaro Mikuni
- 1972
Zatoichi at Large
Zatoichi at Large6.5 Jan. 15, 1972 HD
Blind masseur and master swordsman Zatoichi finds a robbed and fatally wounded pregnant woman, whose baby he delivers before she dies. He takes ...
Actors:Etsushi Takahashi, Hisaya Morishige, Naoko Ohtani, Rentaro Mikuni
- 1992
Basara: The Princess Goh
Basara: The Princess Goh6.8 Apr. 11, 1992 HD
Furuta Oribe is ordered to become tea master under Toyotomi Hideyoshi after his teacher Sen no Rikyū, the former tea master, was ordered to ...
Actors:Matsumoto Hakuō II, Rentaro Mikuni, Rie Miyazawa, Tatsuya Nakadai, Toshiya Nagasawa
- 1989
Rikyu
Rikyu7.5 Sep. 15, 1989 HD
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 ...
Genre: Drama
Actors:Kyôko Kishida, Rentaro Mikuni, Tanie Kitabayashi, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Yoshiko Mita
- 1988
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights6.2 May. 28, 1988 HD
Young Kinu Yamabe is drawn to low-born Onimaru, who is vital and charismatic, but viewed by his father as a demon. After her first period, Kinu ...
Genre: Drama
Actors:Eri Ishida, Rentaro Mikuni, Tatsuo Nadaka, Yuko Tanaka
- 1979
Vengeance Is Mine
Vengeance Is Mine7.5 Apr. 21, 1979 HD
A thief, a murderer, and a charming lady-killer, Iwao Enokizu is on the run from the police.
Actors:Chōchō Miyako, Ken Ogata, Mayumi Ogawa, Mitsuko Baisho, Rentaro Mikuni
- 1974
Himiko
Himiko7.1 Mar. 09, 1974 HD
The myth of the Sun Goddess who founded Japanese society is seen through the lens of a modern view of history.
Actors:Jun Hamamura, Masao Kusakari, Rentaro Mikuni, Rie Yokoyama, Shima Iwashita
- 1973
Coup d’Etat
Coup d’Etat6.6 Jul. 07, 1973 HD
A freestyle biopic of Ikki Kita, the ultranationalist intellectual whose ideas inspired the failed military coup in 1936.
Actors:Akiko Kurano, Rentaro Mikuni, Tadahiko Sugano, Yasuo Miyake, Yasuyo Matsumura
- 1968
Profound Desires of the Gods
Profound Desires of the Gods7.5 Nov. 22, 1968 HD
Tokyo engineer Kariya arrives on a primitive tropical island, where he interacts with the Futori clan, to drill a well to power a sugar mill.
Genre: Drama
Actors:Chōichirō Kawarasaki, Hideko Okiyama, Kazuo Kitamura, Rentaro Mikuni, Yoshi Katō
- 1967
Zatoichi the Outlaw
Zatoichi the Outlaw6.5 Aug. 12, 1967 HD
When a local gambling house kidnaps some peasants because they failed to pay their debts, a rival gambling house pays their debts and sets them free.
Actors:Kō Nishimura, Rentaro Mikuni, Toshiyuki Hosokawa, Yūko Hamada
- 1966
Captive’s Island
Captive’s Island6.5 Jul. 02, 1966 HD
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 ...
Actors:Kei Satō, Rentaro Mikuni, Shima Iwashita, Shogen Nitta, Taiji Tonoyama
- 1965
Kwaidan
Kwaidan7.7 Jan. 06, 1965 HD
Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning “ghost story,” this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai ...
Actors:Kenjirō Ishiyama, Michiyo Aratama, Misako Watanabe, Ranko Akagi, Rentaro Mikuni
- 1962
The Broken Commandment
The Broken Commandment6.6 Apr. 06, 1962 HD
Ushimatsu’s father told him never to reveal his lower-caste heritage; years later, he now contemplates confiding in an activist fighting ...
Genre: Drama
Actors:Eiji Funakoshi, Jun Hamamura, Raizō Ichikawa, Rentaro Mikuni, Shiho Fujimura
- 1961
The Catch
The Catch6.3 Nov. 22, 1961 HD
Towards the end of the Second World War, a downed U.S. pilot is captured and imprisoned by rural Japanese villagers, who await official ...
Actors:Akiko Koyama, Masako Nakamura, Rentaro Mikuni, Teruko Kishi, Yōko Mihara
- 1956
The Burmese Harp
The Burmese Harp7.911 Jan. 21, 1956 HD
In Burma during the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier separated from his unit disguises himself as a Buddhist monk to escape imprisonment ...
Actors:Jun Hamamura, Rentaro Mikuni, Shōji Yasui, Shunji Kasuga, Taketoshi Naitō
- 1954
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto7.2 Sep. 25, 1954 HD
Struggling to elevate himself from his low caste in 17th century Japan, Miyamoto trains to become a mighty samurai warrior.
Actors:Kaoru Yachigusa, Kurôemon Onoe, Mariko Okada, Rentaro Mikuni, Toshirō Mifune
- 1953
Wife
Wife7.0 Apr. 29, 1953 HD
Ten years into a marriage, the wife is disappointed by the husband’s lack of financial success, meaning she has to work and can’t ...
Genre: Drama
Actors:Chieko Nakakita, Ken Uehara, Michiyo Aratama, Mieko Takamine, Rentaro Mikuni
- 1951
Boyhood
Boyhood6.7 May. 12, 1951 HD
When a family has to relocate due to the war, they are ostracized by their new community.
Actors:Akiko Tamura, Akira Ishihama, Chishū Ryū, Rentaro Mikuni, Toshiko Kobayashi