Soldiers Hayatenosuke Sasa and Kagami Yaheiji leave their besieged castle on a secret mission into the enemy camp. Read More »
Tag Archives: Rentarô Mikuni
Night drum (1958) Tadashi Imai, Rentarô Mikuni, Ineko Arima, Masayuki Mori
When a married woman has an affair with a young musician, feudal Japanese law requires that both offenders pay with their lives. Read More »
A Fugitive from the Past (1965) Tomu Uchida, Rentarô Mikuni, Sachiko Hidari, Kôji Mitsui, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Three robbers escape with loot from a heist before one of them shoots them; their corpses wash up near the aftermath of a maritime calamity, provoking a policeman’s interest. Read More »
Biruma no tategoto / The Burmese Harp (1956) Kon Ichikawa, Rentarô Mikuni, Shôji Yasui, Tatsuya Mihashi, Drama, Music, War
Misuta, Misesu, Misu Ronri / Mister, Misses, Miss Lonel (1980) Tatsumi Kumashiro, Mieko Harada, Ryûdô Uzaki, Rentarô Mikuni, Drama
Two men and a woman plan to steal 1.5 Billion yen. Read More »
Saraba Rabauru / Farewell Rabaul (1954) Ishirô Honda, Ryô Ikebe, Mariko Okada, Rentarô Mikuni, War, Romance
This is a film about a Naval Air Corps Director who hates the war. Director Honda uses this film to ask the question “What is war?”, showing the human bonds between Japan and America Read More »
Kaigenrei / Coup D’Etat (1973) Yoshishige Yoshida, Rentarô Mikuni, Yasuo Miyake, Akiko Kurano, Biography, Drama, History
Ikka Kita is a revolutionary, who suffers when he is brought his younger brother’s clothes, still smeared with his blood. Read More »
Kwaidan (1964) Masaki Kobayashi, Rentarô Mikuni, Michiyo Aratama, Misako Watanabe, Art-house, Fantasy, Horror
After more than a decade of sober political dramas and socially minded period pieces, the great Japanese director Masaki Kobayashi shifted gears dramatically for this rapturously stylized quartet of ghost stories. Featuring colorfully surreal sets and luminous cinematography, these haunting tales of demonic comeuppance and spiritual trials, adapted from writer Lafcadio Hearn’s collections of Japanese folklore, are existentially frightening and meticulously crafted.
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Jigoku no okite ni asu wa nai / Glorious Fights (1966) Yasuo Furuhata, Ken Takakura, Rentarô Mikuni, Yukiyo Toake, Action
A young leader of the Yamazaki family of Nagasaki, Takida (Ken Takakura) is an A-bomb survivor. He fiercely battles violent elements in southern Japan without fear of consequences.
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