Toshirō Mifune
165 movies · 10 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Apr 1, 1920
- Died
- Dec 24, 1997 (age 77)
- Place of birth
- Qingdao, China
- Also known as
- Toshiroh Mifune · Mifune Toshirō
Biography
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."
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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.
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Toshirō Mifune: movies and TV shows
Acting (174)
- 2012 Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
- 1995 Picture Bride
as The Benshi
- 1995 Deep River
as Tsukada
- 1992 Shadow of the Wolf
as Kroomak
- 1991 Journey of Honor
as Ieyasu Tokugawa
- 1991 Strawberry Road
as Taoka
- 1990 Heaven and Earth: Dawn Episode
as Nagao Tamekage
- 1989 Death of a Tea Master
as Rikyu Sen-no
- 1989 cf Girl
as Shūichirō Hase
- 1989 The Demon Comes in Spring
as Kukkune no jî
- 1987 Princess from the Moon
as Taketori-no-Miyatsuko
- 1987 The Retired Samurai
as Hikozaemon Ōkubo
- 1987 Tora-san Goes North
as Junkichi Ueno
- 1987 The Shatterer
as Murai
- 1986 The Ballad of the Sea of Genkai
as Kyūbei Matsufuji
- 1985 No More God, No More Love
as Kōzō Kanzaki
- 1984 The Miracle of Joe, the Petrel
as Fisherman
- 1984 Okita Soji: Swordsman of Fire
as Shūsai Kondō
- 1984
- 1983
- 1983 The Women of Osaka Castle
as Tokugawa Ieyasu
- 1983 Lowly Ronin 6: Betrayal at Yatate Pass
as Sûrônin Hinoki Sajûrô
- 1983 Battle Anthem
as Admiral Heihachiro Togo
- 1983 Lowly Ronin 5: The Teenage Orphan Girl
as Sûrônin Rakuyôjûrô
- 1983 Lowly Ronin 4: Living Hell
as Sanjuro Hinoki
- 1983
- 1983 Theater Of Life
as Hyōtarō Aonari
- 1982 Lowly Ronin 2: The Spray of Blood
as Sanjuro Hinoki
- 1982 Domineering
as Masao Tadokoro
- 1982 The Challenge
as Toru Yoshida
- 1982
- 1982 Ten Duels of Young Shingo: Chapter 2
as Tamon Umei
- 1981 Lowly Ronin
as Sanjuro Hinoki
- 1981
- 1981 The Bushido Blade
as Shogun's Commander
- 1981 Ten Duels of Young Shingo: Chapter 1
as Tamon Umei
- 1981 Inchon
as Saito-San
- 1981
- 1980 Shogun
as Lord Yoshi Toranaga
- 1980
- 1980 Port Arthur
as Emperor Meiji
- 1979 1941
as Cmdr. Akiro Mitamura
- 1979 Onmitsu Doshin: The Edo Secret Police
as Sadanobu Matsudaira
- 1979 The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
as Kindaichi of 11th Generation in "The Woman in the Eye"
- 1979 Winter Kills
as Keith
- 1979
- 1978 Lord Mito
as Sakuzaemon Okumura
- 1978 The Fall of Ako Castle
as Tsuchiya Michinao
- 1978 Japanese Godfather: Conclusion
as Kosuke Oishi
- 1978 Love and Faith
as Taiko Hideyoshi
- 1978 Shag
as Captain Takeo Murata
- 1978 Shogun's Samurai: The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy
as Yoshinao Tokugawa
- 1978
- 1977 Japanese Godfather: Ambition
as Kosuke Oishi
- 1977 Proof of the Man
as Yohei Kori
- 1976 Midway
as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
- 1976
- 1975 Paper Tiger
as Ambassador Kagoyama
- 1972
- 1971 Red Sun
as Kuroda Jubei
- 1971
- 1970 The Militarists
as Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto
- 1970 The Walking Major
as Kinugasa Tadao
- 1970 Incident at Blood Pass
as Yojimbo
- 1970 The Ambitious
as Shojiro Goto
- 1970 Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
as Yojimbo/Sasa
- 1969 Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
as Isami Kondo
- 1969 Red Lion
as Gonzo
- 1969 Battle of the Japan Sea
as Admiral Heihachiro Togo
- 1969 Safari 5000
as Yūichirō Takase
- 1969 Samurai Banners
as Kansuke Yamamoto
- 1968 Hell in the Pacific
as Captain Tsuruhiko Kuroda
- 1968 The Day the Sun Rose
as Kumaza
- 1968 Admiral Yamamoto
as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
- 1968 The Sands of Kurobe
as Kitagawa
- 1967 Japan's Longest Day
as War Minister General Korechika Anami
- 1967 Samurai Rebellion
as Isaburo Sasahara
- 1966 Grand Prix
as Izō Yamura
- 1966 The Mad Atlantic
as Heihachirô Murakami
- 1966 Adventure in Kigan Castle
as Osami
- 1966 The Sword of Doom
as Toranosuke Shimada
- 1966 Rise Against the Sword
as Abare Gōemon
- 1965 Fort Graveyard
as Sergeant Kosugi
- 1965 The Retreat from Kiska
as Omura
- 1965 Sanshiro Sugata
as Shogoro Yano
- 1965 Red Beard
as Dr. Kyojio Niide ("Red Beard")
- 1965 Samurai Assassin
as Tsuruchiyo Niiro
- 1964 Whirlwind
as Lord Akashi
- 1963 Samurai Pirate
as Sukezaemon Naya, aka 'Luzon' [Sinbad, in US version]
- 1963 Legacy of the 500,000
as Takeichi Matsuo
- 1963 High and Low
as Kingo Gondo
- 1963 Attack Squadron
as Lt. Colonel Senda
- 1962 Chûshingura
as Genba Tawaraboshi
- 1962 Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong
as Zhang Zhizhang
- 1962 Tatsu
as Tatsu
- 1962 Sanjuro
as Sanjûrô Tsubaki / The ronin
- 1961 The Important Man
as Ánimas Trujano
- 1961 The Youth and His Amulet
as Fudo-Myo (Immovable Bright King)
- 1961 Yojimbo
as Sanjuro Kuwabatake / The Samurai
- 1961
- 1961 Daredevil in the Castle
as Mohei
- 1960 The Masterless 47
as Kazuo Momoi
- 1960 The Bad Sleep Well
as Kôichi Nishi
- 1960 Man Against Man
as Kaji
- 1960 The Storm of the Pacific
as Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi
- 1960 The Gambling Samurai
as Kunisada Chuji
- 1960 The Last Gunfight
as Detective Saburo Fujioka
- 1959 The Three Treasures
as Prince Yamato Takeru
- 1959 Desperado Outpost
as Battalion Commander
- 1959 Saga of the Vagabonds
as Rokuro Kai
- 1959 Samurai Saga
as Heihachiro Komaki
- 1959 The Big Boss
as Kashimura
- 1958 The Hidden Fortress
as General Rokurota Makabe
- 1958
- 1958 All About Marriage
as Acting teacher
- 1958 Yaji and Kita on the Road
as Toshinoshin Taya
- 1958 The Rickshaw Man
as Matsugorō Tomishima
- 1958 Holiday in Tokyo
as Tenkai's nephew Jirō
- 1958 Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
as Tasaburo
- 1957 Downtown
as Yoshio Tsuruishi
- 1957 The Lower Depths
as Sutekichi the Thief
- 1957 A Dangerous Hero
as Kawada
- 1957 Yagyu Secret Scrolls
as Tasaburō Kasumi
- 1957 Good Luck to These Two
as Toshio Maruyama
- 1957 A Man in the Storm
as Saburō Watari
- 1957 Throne of Blood
as Taketoki Washizu
- 1956 Rebels on the High Sea
as Matsuo Tokuzō
- 1956 Scoundrel
as Kanji
- 1956 A Wife's Heart
as Kenkichi
- 1956 Settlement of Love
as Shuntarō Ōhira
- 1956 The Underworld
as Chief Inspector Kumada
- 1956 Rainy Night Duel
as Masahiko Koseki
- 1956 Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
as Musashi Miyamoto a.k.a. Takezo
- 1955 I Live in Fear
as Kiichi Nakajima
- 1955 Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
as Musashi Miyamoto a.k.a. Takezo
- 1955 No Time for Tears
as Mitsuo Yano
- 1955 All is Well 2
as Daikichi Risshun
- 1955 All is Well
as Daikichi Risshun
- 1955 A Man Among Men
as "Buick" Maki
- 1954 The Black Fury
as Eiichi Tsuda
- 1954 The Surf
as Skipper of the Utashima-maru
- 1954 Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
as Musashi Miyamoto a.k.a. Takezo
- 1954 Seven Samurai
as Kikuchiyo
- 1953 The Eagle of the Pacific
as 1st Lieutenant Tomonaga
- 1953 Sunflower Girl
as Ippei Hitachi
- 1953 The Last Embrace
as Shinkichi / Hayakawa
- 1953 My Wonderful Yellow Car
as Matsumura
- 1952 The Man Who Came to Port
as Gorō Niinuma
- 1952 Swift Current
as Shunsuke Kosugi
- 1952 Tokyo Sweetheart
as Kurokawa
- 1952 Sword for Hire
as Sasa Hayatenosuke
- 1952
- 1952 The Life of Oharu
as Katsunosuke
- 1952 Foghorn
as Chiyokichi
- 1952 Vendetta of a Samurai
as Mataemon Araki
- 1951 Who Knows a Woman's Heart
as Mizuno
- 1951 The Life of a Horse Trader
as Yonetaro Katayama
- 1951 Sasaki Kojiro
as Miyamoto Musashi
- 1951 Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre
as Kenji Kawakami
- 1951 Pirates
as Tora
- 1951 The Idiot
as Denkichi Akama
- 1951 Elegy
as Prosecutor Daisuke Toki
- 1951 Beyond Love and Hate
as Gorō Sakata
- 1950 Rashomon
as Tajômaru
- 1950 Wedding Ring
as Takeshi Ema
- 1950 Scandal
as Ichirô Aoye
- 1950 Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka
as Teisaku Nagasawa
- 1950 Escape from Prison
as Shinkichi
- 1949 Stray Dog
as Det. Murakami
- 1949 Jakoman and Tetsu
as Tetsu
- 1949 The Quiet Duel
as Dr. Kyoji Fujisaki
- 1948 Drunken Angel
as Matsunaga
- 1947 These Foolish Times
as Genzaburo Onō, Gang Boss
- 1947 Snow Trail
as Eijima
Behind the camera (13)
- 1979 Onmitsu Doshin: The Edo Secret Police
Associate Producer
- 1978 Shag
Executive Producer
- 1972
- 1971 Morning for Two
Producer
- 1970 Incident at Blood Pass
Producer
- 1969 Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
Producer
- 1969 Red Lion
Producer
- 1969 Samurai Banners
Producer
- 1967 Samurai Rebellion
Producer
- 1966 The Mad Atlantic
Executive Producer
- 1966 Adventure in Kigan Castle
Associate Producer
- 1965 Fort Graveyard
Associate Producer
- 1963 Legacy of the 500,000
Director, Associate Producer
Talk shows and appearances (4)
- 2016
- 2002
- 1971 V.I.P. Schaukel
1 episode
- 1966