ACTOR

Rentarō Mikuni

1923 - 2013

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Rentarō Mikuni (三國連太郎, Mikuni Rentarō, 20 January 1923 – 14 April 2013) was a Japanese actor, writer and director, who starred in films of Keisuke Kinoshita, Mikio Naruse, Tadashi Imai, Shōhei Imamura, Tomu Uchida and many others. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rentarō Mikuni has received more than 126,842 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Rentarō Mikuni is the 3,368th most popular actor (down from 3,108th in 2019), the 1,061st most popular biography from Japan (down from 977th in 2019) and the 54th most popular Japanese Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 130k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Rentarō Mikuni ranks 3,368 out of 13,578. Before him are Ethel Merman, Paula Wessely, Jean-François Stévenin, Tony Randall, Caterina Murino, and Verne Troyer. After him are Rebecca Romijn, Henry Darrow, Tim Blake Nelson, Amanda Tapping, Dawn Addams, and William Levy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Rentarō Mikuni ranks 253. Before him are Ioannis Grivas, Eugene Sledge, Joseph Colombo, Primo Nebiolo, Marc Riboud, and Rhonda Fleming. After him are Jim Marshall, Charlie Mariano, Somnath Sharma, Harish-Chandra, Giulio Cabianca, and James Arness. Among people deceased in 2013, Rentarō Mikuni ranks 250. Before him are Walter De Maria, Ted Post, Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin, Hasse Jeppson, Aleksei Balabanov, and Ceija Stojka. After him are Jonathan Winters, Julien Ries, Peter Banks, Olga Gyarmati, Kumar Pallana, and Sarah Kirsch.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Rentarō Mikuni ranks 1,061 out of 6,245. Before him are Ichirō Ozawa (1942), Unkei (1151), So Yamamura (1910), Kazuhiko Inoue (1954), Kyusaku Ogino (1882), and Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (1962). After him are Kiyotake Kawaguchi (1892), Yoshinori Shigematsu (1930), Eiji Okada (1920), Yoshitomo Nara (1959), Peter Shirayanagi (1928), and Takeshi Urata (1947).

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Among ACTORS In Japan

Among actors born in Japan, Rentarō Mikuni ranks 54. Before him are Yūjirō Ishihara (1934), Tōru Furuya (1953), Ken Ogata (1937), Norio Wakamoto (1945), So Yamamura (1910), and Kazuhiko Inoue (1954). After him are Eiji Okada (1920), Minoru Chiaki (1917), Megumi Hayashibara (1967), Tadanobu Asano (1973), Ryūsei Nakao (1951), and Unshō Ishizuka (1951).

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Television and Movie Roles

Kwaidan
Husband (segment "The Black Hair")
Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money with tragic results. A man stranded in a blizzard is saved by Yuki the Snow Maiden, but his rescue comes at a cost. Blind musician Hoichi is forced to perform for an audience of ghosts. An author relates the story of a samurai who sees another warrior's reflection in his teacup.
Jan 6o 19657.7 / 10
The Burmese Harp
Captain Inouye
In Burma during the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier separated from his unit disguises himself as a Buddhist monk to escape imprisonment as a POW.
Jan 21o 19567.9 / 10
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Matahachi
Struggling to elevate himself from his low caste in 17th century Japan, Miyamoto trains to become a mighty samurai warrior.
Sep 25o 19547.1 / 10