Toshirō Mifune
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Toshirō Mifune (April 1, 1920 - December 24, 1997) was a Japanese actor who is widely regarded as one of the greatest actors in the history of Japanese cinema. He was born in Qingdao, China, but was raised in Japan. Mifune's career spanned over 50 years, during which he collaborated extensively with renowned director Akira Kurosawa, creating some of the most iconic films in Japanese cinema. Mifune gained international recognition for his performances in Kurosawa's films, particularly in samurai films. He portrayed strong, dynamic, and often rebellious characters, bringing a raw intensity to his roles. Some of his notable collaborations with Kurosawa include "Rashomon" (1950), "Seven Samurai" (1954), "Yojimbo" (1961), and "The Hidden Fortress" (1958), which inspired George Lucas's "Star Wars." Apart from his work with Kurosawa, Mifune appeared in numerous other films, showcasing his versatility as an actor. He played roles in various genres, including dramas, comedies, and war films. Some of his other notable films include "The Throne of Blood" (1957), "High and Low" (1963), and "Red Beard" (1965). Mifune's charismatic presence, powerful performances, and ability to convey complex emotions made him an iconic figure in Japanese cinema. He received international recognition and awards for his contributions to the film industry, including several honors at the Venice Film Festival and a lifetime achievement award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Known for
Credits
Seven Samurai (1954)
as Kikuchiyo
Rashomon (1950)
as Tajômaru
High and Low (1963)
as Kingo Gondo
Yojimbo (1961)
as Sanjuro Kuwabatake / The Samurai
Midway (1976)
as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
1941 (1979)
as Cmdr. Akiro Mitamura
Throne of Blood (1957)
as Taketoki Washizu
Red Sun (1971)
as Kuroda Jubei
The Hidden Fortress (1958)
as General Rokurota Makabe
Sanjuro (1962)
as Sanjûrô Tsubaki / The ronin
Red Beard (1965)
as Dr. Kyojio Niide ("Red Beard")
Grand Prix (1966)
as Izō Yamura
Stray Dog (1949)
as Det. Murakami
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)
as (archive footage)
Samurai Rebellion (1967)
as Isaburo Sasahara
The Sword of Doom (1966)
as Toranosuke Shimada
Hell in the Pacific (1968)
as Captain Tsuruhiko Kuroda
The Bushido Blade (1981)
as Shogun's Commander
The Challenge (1982)
as Toru Yoshida
Drunken Angel (1948)
as Matsunaga
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954)
as Musashi Miyamoto a.k.a. Takezo
Shadow of the Wolf (1992)
as Kroomak
The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
as Kôichi Nishi
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956)
as Musashi Miyamoto a.k.a. Takezo
The Important Man (1961)
as Ánimas Trujano
Admiral Yamamoto (1968)
as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
Winter Kills (1979)
as Keith
Mifune: The Last Samurai (2016)
as Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
Proof of the Man (1977)
as Yohei Kori
The Lower Depths (1957)
as Sutekichi the Thief
Battle of the Japan Sea (1969)
as Admiral Heihachiro Togo
Inchon (1981)
as Saito-San
The Quiet Duel (1949)
as Dr. Kyoji Fujisaki
Port Arthur (1980)
as Emperor Meiji
The Life of Oharu (1952)
as Katsunosuke
I Live in Fear (1955)
as Kiichi Nakajima
Shogun's Samurai (1978)
as Yoshinao Tokugawa
The Idiot (1951)
as Denkichi Akama
The Demon Comes in Spring (1989)
as Kukkune no jî
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955)
as Musashi Miyamoto a.k.a. Takezo
Journey of Honor (1991)
as Ieyasu Tokugawa
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (1970)
as Yojimbo/Sasa
Shogun (1980)
as Lord Yoshi Toranaga
The Man Who Came to Port (1952)
as Gorō Niinuma
The Storm of the Pacific (1960)
as Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi
Japan's Longest Day (1967)
as War Minister General Korechika Anami
Samurai Assassin (1965)
as Tsuruchiyo Niiro
Japanese Godfather: Conclusion (1978)
as Kosuke Oishi
Chûshingura (1962)
as Genba Tawaraboshi
Picture Bride (1995)
as The Benshi
Theater Of Life (1983)
as Hyōtarō Aonari
Lowly Ronin 5: The Teenage Orphan Girl (1983)
as Sûrônin Rakuyôjûrô
The Last Embrace (1953)
as Shinkichi / Hayakawa
The Fall of Ako Castle (1978)
as Tsuchiya Michinao
The Big Boss (1959)
as Kashimura
Tora-san Goes North (1987)
as Junkichi Ueno
Scandal (1950)
as Ichirô Aoye
The Three Treasures (1959)
as Prince Yamato Takeru
Tokyo Sweetheart (1952)
as Kurokawa
The Rickshaw Man (1958)
as Matsugorō Tomishima
Who Knows a Woman's Heart (1951)
as Mizuno
The Retreat from Kiska (1965)
as Omura
The Militarists (1970)
as Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto
Scoundrel (1956)
as Kanji
Paper Tiger (1975)
as Ambassador Kagoyama
The Miracle of Joe, the Petrel (1984)
as Fisherman
The Sands of Kurobe (1968)
as Kitagawa
Deep River (1995)
as Tsukada
Samurai Banners (1969)
as Kansuke Yamamoto
Grand Prix: Challenge of the Champions (1966)
as Self
No Time for Tears (1955)
as Mitsuo Yano
Red Lion (1969)
as Gonzo
Lowly Ronin 2: The Spray of Blood (1982)
as Sanjuro Hinoki
The Masterless 47 (1960)
as Kazuo Momoi
The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi (1979)
as Kindaichi of 11th Generation in "The Woman in the Eye"
The Ballad of the Sea of Genkai (1986)
as Kyūbei Matsufuji
Death of a Tea Master (1989)
as Rikyu Sen-no
Ten Duels of Young Shingo: Chapter 1 (1981)
as Tamon Umei
Japanese Godfather: Ambition (1977)
as Kosuke Oishi
Snow Trail (1947)
as Eijima
Battle Anthem (1983)
as Admiral Heihachiro Togo
Attack Squadron (1963)
as Lt. Colonel Senda
Rise Against the Sword (1966)
as Abare Gōemon
Foghorn (1952)
as Chiyokichi
Onmitsu Doshin: The Edo Secret Police (1979)
as Sadanobu Matsudaira
The Ambitious (1970)
as Shojiro Goto
Desperado Outpost (1959)
as Battalion Commander
Daredevil in the Castle (1961)
as Mohei
Princess from the Moon (1987)
as Taketori-no-Miyatsuko
Sanshiro Sugata (1965)
as Shogoro Yano
Legacy of the 500,000 (1963)
as Takeichi Matsuo
Sword for Hire (1952)
as Sasa Hayatenosuke
A Dangerous Hero (1957)
as Kawada
The Walking Major (1970)
as Kinugasa Tadao
The Eagle of the Pacific (1953)
as 1st Lieutenant Tomonaga
The Last Gunfight (1960)
as Detective Saburo Fujioka
The Retired Samurai (1987)
as Hikozaemon Ōkubo
Ten Duels of Young Shingo: Chapter 2 (1982)
as Tamon Umei
Samurai Pirate (1963)
as Sukezaemon Naya, aka 'Luzon' [Sinbad, in US version]
The Life of a Horse Trader (1951)
as Yonetaro Katayama
Whirlwind (1964)
as Lord Akashi
Samurai Saga (1959)
as Heihachiro Komaki
Vendetta of a Samurai (1952)
as Mataemon Araki
The Mad Atlantic (1966)
as Heihachirô Murakami
Yagyu Secret Scrolls (1957)
as Tasaburō Kasumi
Lowly Ronin 4: Living Hell (1983)
as Sanjuro Hinoki
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress' (2002)
as Self
Tatsu (1962)
as Tatsu
Safari 5000 (1969)
as Yūichirō Takase
Pirates (1951)
as Tora
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl (1952)
Actor
Beyond Love and Hate (1951)
as Gorō Sakata
Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong (1962)
as Zhang Zhizhang
No More God, No More Love (1985)
as Kōzō Kanzaki
The Youth and His Amulet (1961)
as Fudo-Myo (Immovable Bright King)
Wedding Ring (1950)
as Takeshi Ema
Holiday in Tokyo (1958)
as Tenkai's nephew Jirō
All About Marriage (1958)
as Acting teacher
The Shatterer (1987)
as Murai
Sunflower Girl (1953)
as Ippei Hitachi
All is Well (1955)
as Daikichi Risshun
Jakoman and Tetsu (1949)
as Tetsu
The Underworld (1956)
as Chief Inspector Kumada
A Wife's Heart (1956)
as Kenkichi
A Man in the Storm (1957)
as Saburō Watari
Strawberry Road (1991)
as Taoka
Swift Current (1952)
as Shunsuke Kosugi
Sasaki Kojiro (1951)
as Miyamoto Musashi
Shag (1978)
as Captain Takeo Murata
The Masterless 47 – Part II (1961)
Actor
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor (1969)
as Isami Kondo
Elegy (1951)
as Prosecutor Daisuke Toki
Love and Faith (1978)
as Taiko Hideyoshi
Man Against Man (1960)
as Kaji
Saga of the Vagabonds (1959)
as Rokuro Kai
Okita Soji: Swordsman of Fire (1984)
as Shūsai Kondō
Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre (1951)
as Kenji Kawakami
A Man Among Men (1955)
as "Buick" Maki
Settlement of Love (1956)
as Shuntarō Ōhira
The Lowly Ronin 3: Duel at Dawn (1982)
Actor
Fort Graveyard (1965)
as Sergeant Kosugi
The Day the Sun Rose (1968)
as Kumaza
Escape from Prison (1950)
as Shinkichi
Rebels on the High Sea (1956)
as Matsuo Tokuzō
My Wonderful Yellow Car (1953)
as Matsumura
cf Girl (1989)
as Shūichirō Hase
Downtown (1957)
as Yoshio Tsuruishi
Theater of Life (1958)
Actor
Rainy Night Duel (1956)
as Masahiko Koseki
Secret of the Forbidden Valley (1983)
Actor
Good Luck to These Two (1957)
as Toshio Maruyama
Lord Mito (1978)
as Sakuzaemon Okumura
Domineering (1982)
as Masao Tadokoro
The Women of Osaka Castle (1983)
as Tokugawa Ieyasu
The Black Fury (1954)
as Eiichi Tsuda
The Gambling Samurai (1960)
as Kunisada Chuji
Lowly Ronin 6: Betrayal at Yatate Pass (1983)
as Sûrônin Hinoki Sajûrô
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II (1958)
as Tasaburo
Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka (1950)
as Teisaku Nagasawa
The Surf (1954)
as Skipper of the Utashima-maru
Lowly Ronin (1981)
as Sanjuro Hinoki
All is Well 2 (1955)
as Daikichi Risshun
These Foolish Times (1947)
as Genzaburo Onō, Gang Boss
Incident at Blood Pass (1970)
as Yojimbo
Heaven and Earth: Dawn Episode (1990)
as Nagao Tamekage
Adventure in Kigan Castle (1966)
as Osami
Yaji and Kita on the Road (1958)
as Toshinoshin Taya