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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 1, 1920
Died
December 24, 1997
Place of Birth
Qingdao, China
Also Known As
- Toshiroh Mifune
- Mifune Toshirō
Toshirō Mifune
4.7 Popularity
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." 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
7.2
Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
Mifune: The Last Samurai
2016
7.6
(archive footage)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
8.0
Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'
2002
6.4
The Benshi
Picture Bride
1995
7.0
Tsukada
Deep River
1995
5.6
Kroomak
Shadow of the Wolf
1992
4.6
Ieyasu Tokugawa
Journey of Honor
1991
10.0
Taoka
Strawberry Road
1991
10.0
Nagao Tamekage
Heaven and Earth: Dawn Episode
1990
5.4
Rikyu Sen-no
Death of a Tea Master
1989
Credits
Mifune: The Last Samurai
as Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
2016
7.2
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
2012
7.6
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'
as Self
2002
8.0
Picture Bride
as The Benshi
1995
6.4
Deep River
as Tsukada
1995
7.0
Shadow of the Wolf
as Kroomak
1992
5.6
Journey of Honor
as Ieyasu Tokugawa
1991
4.6
Strawberry Road
as Taoka
1991
10.0
Heaven and Earth: Dawn Episode
as Nagao Tamekage
1990
10.0
Death of a Tea Master
as Rikyu Sen-no
1989
5.4
cf Girl
as Shūichirō Hase
1989
7.0
The Demon Comes in Spring
as Kukkune no jî
1989
0.0
Princess from the Moon
as Taketori-no-Miyatsuko
1987
6.3
The Retired Samurai
as Hikozaemon Ōkubo
1987
0.0
Tora-san Goes North
as Junkichi Ueno
1987
8.7
The Shatterer
as Murai
1987
0.0
The Ballad of the Sea of Genkai
as Kyūbei Matsufuji
1986
7.0
No More God, No More Love
as Kōzō Kanzaki
1985
6.0
The Miracle of Joe, the Petrel
as Fisherman
1984
6.0
Okita Soji: Swordsman of Fire
as Shūsai Kondō
1984
0.0
Burning Mountain River
as Otsuichi Amo
1984
0.0
Secret of the Forbidden Valley
1983
0.0
The Women of Osaka Castle
as Tokugawa Ieyasu
1983
0.0
Lowly Ronin 6: Betrayal at Yatate Pass
as Sûrônin Hinoki Sajûrô
1983
0.0
Battle Anthem
as Admiral Heihachiro Togo
1983
7.0
Lowly Ronin 5: The Teenage Orphan Girl
as Sûrônin Rakuyôjûrô
1983
0.0
Lowly Ronin 4: Living Hell
as Sanjuro Hinoki
1983
0.0
Theater Of Life
as Hyōtarō Aonari
1983
0.0
Lowly Ronin 2: The Spray of Blood
as Sanjuro Hinoki
1982
0.0
Domineering
as Masao Tadokoro
1982
5.0
The Challenge
as Toru Yoshida
1982
5.8
The Lowly Ronin 3: Duel at Dawn
1982
0.0
Ten Duels of Young Shingo: Chapter 2
as Tamon Umei
1982
0.0
Lowly Ronin
as Sanjuro Hinoki
1981
0.0
Tuesday Suspense Theater
1981
0.0
The Bushido Blade
as Shogun's Commander
1981
5.4
Ten Duels of Young Shingo: Chapter 1
as Tamon Umei
1981
3.5
Inchon
as Saito-San
1981
3.4
Sekigahara
as Sakon Shima
1981
7.0
Shōgun
as Lord Yoshi Toranaga
1980
7.6
Port Arthur
as Emperor Meiji
1980
7.3
1941
as Cmdr. Akiro Mitamura
1979
5.8
Onmitsu Doshin: The Edo Secret Police
as Sadanobu Matsudaira
1979
5.0
The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
as Kindaichi of 11th Generation in "The Woman in the Eye"
1979
6.4
Winter Kills
as Keith
1979
5.8
🎬
The 47 Ronins of Ako
as Tachibana Sakon
1979
0.0
Lord Mito
as Sakuzaemon Okumura
1978
9.5
The Fall of Ako Castle
as Tsuchiya Michinao
1978
6.6
Japanese Godfather: Conclusion
as Kosuke Oishi
1978
7.0
Love and Faith
as Taiko Hideyoshi
1978
6.3
Shag
as Captain Takeo Murata
1978
7.0
Shogun's Samurai
as Yoshinao Tokugawa
1978
7.0
Falcons of Edo
as Kanbei Uchiyama
1978
7.0
Japanese Godfather: Ambition
as Kosuke Oishi
1977
8.8
Proof of the Man
as Yohei Kori
1977
7.6
Midway
as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
1976
6.6
Ronin in a Lawless Town
as Mr. Danna
1976
0.0
Paper Tiger
as Ambassador Kagoyama
1975
6.1
Ronin of the Wastelands
as Kujuro Toge
1972
0.0
Red Sun
as Kuroda Jubei
1971
6.9
🎬
V.I.P. Schaukel
as Self
1971
7.5
Epic Chushingura
as Oishi Kuranosuke
1971
10.0
The Militarists
as Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto
1970
8.0
The Walking Major
as Kinugasa Tadao
1970
2.0
Incident at Blood Pass
as Yojimbo
1970
6.9
The Ambitious
as Shojiro Goto
1970
7.2
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
as Yojimbo/Sasa
1970
6.7
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
as Isami Kondo
1969
6.8
Red Lion
as Gonzo
1969
6.4
Battle of the Japan Sea
as Admiral Heihachiro Togo
1969
6.0
Safari 5000
as Yūichirō Takase
1969
7.3
Samurai Banners
as Kansuke Yamamoto
1969
7.4
Hell in the Pacific
as Captain Tsuruhiko Kuroda
1968
6.9
🎬
The Day the Sun Rose
as Kumaza
1968
7.0
Admiral Yamamoto
as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
1968
8.3
The Sands of Kurobe
as Kitagawa
1968
6.5
Japan's Longest Day
as War Minister General Korechika Anami
1967
7.2
Samurai Rebellion
as Isaburo Sasahara
1967
8.2
Grand Prix: Challenge of the Champions
as Self
1966
0.0
Grand Prix
as Izō Yamura
1966
7.2
The Mad Atlantic
as Heihachirô Murakami
1966
0.0
Adventure in Kigan Castle
as Osami
1966
5.6
The Sword of Doom
as Toranosuke Shimada
1966
7.7
Rise Against the Sword
as Abare Gōemon
1966
6.5
Fort Graveyard
as Sergeant Kosugi
1965
6.0
The Retreat from Kiska
as Omura
1965
8.3
Sanshiro Sugata
as Shogoro Yano
1965
6.9
Red Beard
as Dr. Kyojio Niide ("Red Beard")
1965
8.1
Samurai Assassin
as Tsuruchiyo Niiro
1965
7.3
Whirlwind
as Lord Akashi
1964
6.4
Samurai Pirate
as Sukezaemon Naya, aka 'Luzon' [Sinbad, in US version]
1963
5.7
Legacy of the 500,000
as Takeichi Matsuo
1963
7.1
High and Low
as Kingo Gondo
1963
8.4
Attack Squadron
as Lt. Colonel Senda
1963
6.0
Chûshingura
as Genba Tawaraboshi
1962
7.2
Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong
as Zhang Zhizhang
1962
5.8
Home-Brewed Tatsu
as Tatsu
1962
0.0
Sanjuro
as Sanjûrô Tsubaki / The ronin
1962
8.0
The Important Man
as Ánimas Trujano
1961
8.0
The Youth and His Amulet
as Fudo-Myo (Immovable Bright King)
1961
0.0
Yojimbo
as Sanjuro Kuwabatake / The Samurai
1961
8.1
The Masterless 47 – Part II
1961
0.0
Daredevil in the Castle
as Mohei
1961
7.1
The Masterless 47
as Kazuo Momoi
1960
0.0
The Bad Sleep Well
as Kôichi Nishi
1960
7.7
Man Against Man
as Kaji
1960
0.0
The Storm of the Pacific
as Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi
1960
5.6
The Gambling Samurai
as Kunisada Chuji
1960
6.3
The Last Gunfight
as Detective Saburo Fujioka
1960
6.1
The Three Treasures
as Prince Yamato Takeru
1959
5.3
Desperado Outpost
as Battalion Commander
1959
6.1
Saga of the Vagabonds
as Rokuro Kai
1959
6.3
Samurai Saga
as Heihachiro Komaki
1959
6.6
The Big Boss
as Kashimura
1959
6.3
The Hidden Fortress
as General Rokurota Makabe
1958
8.0
Theater of Life
1958
0.0
All About Marriage
as Acting teacher
1958
0.0
Yaji and Kita on the Road
as Toshinoshin Taya
1958
0.0
The Rickshaw Man
as Matsugorō Tomishima
1958
7.2
Holiday in Tokyo
as Tenkai's nephew Jirō
1958
0.0
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
as Tasaburo
1958
5.3
Down Town
as Yoshio Tsuruishi
1957
0.0
The Lower Depths
as Sutekichi the Thief
1957
7.1
A Dangerous Hero
as Kawada
1957
0.0
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
as Tasaburō Kasumi
1957
7.0
Good Luck to These Two
as Toshio Maruyama
1957
6.0
A Man in the Storm
as Saburō Watari
1957
0.0
Throne of Blood
as Taketoki Washizu
1957
7.9
Rebels on the High Sea
as Matsuo Tokuzō
1956
0.0
Scoundrel
as Kanji
1956
0.0
A Wife's Heart
as Kenkichi
1956
6.8
Settlement of Love
as Shuntarō Ōhira
1956
0.0
The Underworld
as Chief Inspector Kumada
1956
0.0
Rainy Night Duel
as Masahiko Koseki
1956
0.0
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
as Musashi Miyamoto a.k.a. Takezo
1956
7.2
I Live in Fear
as Kiichi Nakajima
1955
7.3
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
as Musashi Miyamoto a.k.a. Takezo
1955
7.2
No Time for Tears
as Mitsuo Yano
1955
0.0
All is Well 2
as Daikichi Risshun
1955
0.0
All is Well
as Daikichi Risshun
1955
0.0
A Man Among Men
as "Buick" Maki
1955
0.0
The Black Fury
as Eiichi Tsuda
1954
0.0
The Surf
as Skipper of the Utashima-maru
1954
0.0
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
as Musashi Miyamoto a.k.a. Takezo
1954
7.2
Seven Samurai
as Kikuchiyo
1954
8.5
The Eagle of the Pacific
as 1st Lieutenant Tomonaga
1953
7.6
Sunflower Girl
as Ippei Hitachi
1953
0.0
The Last Embrace
as Shinkichi / Hayakawa
1953
0.0
My Wonderful Yellow Car
as Matsumura
1953
6.0
The Man Who Came to Port
as Gorō Niinuma
1952
10.0
Swift Current
as Shunsuke Kosugi
1952
0.0
Tokyo Sweetheart
as Kurokawa
1952
7.6
Sword for Hire
as Sasa Hayatenosuke
1952
7.0
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
1952
0.0
The Life of Oharu
as Katsunosuke
1952
7.7
Foghorn
as Chiyokichi
1952
0.0
Vendetta of a Samurai
as Mataemon Araki
1952
6.8
Who Knows a Woman's Heart
as Mizuno
1951
0.0
The Life of a Horse Trader
as Yonetaro Katayama
1951
6.8
Sasaki Kojiro
as Miyamoto Musashi
1951
5.0
Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre
as Kenji Kawakami
1951
0.0
Pirates
as Tora
1951
0.0
The Idiot
as Denkichi Akama
1951
7.0
Elegy
as Prosecutor Daisuke Toki
1951
0.0
Beyond Love and Hate
as Gorō Sakata
1951
0.0
Rashomon
as Tajômaru
1950
8.0
Wedding Ring
as Takeshi Ema
1950
6.5
Scandal
as Ichirô Aoye
1950
6.9
Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka
as Teisaku Nagasawa
1950
6.5
Escape from Prison
as Shinkichi
1950
0.0
Stray Dog
as Det. Murakami
1949
7.5
Jakoman and Tetsu
as Tetsu
1949
0.0
The Quiet Duel
as Dr. Kyoji Fujisaki
1949
7.3
Drunken Angel
as Matsunaga
1948
7.6
These Foolish Times
as Genzaburo Onō, Gang Boss
1947
0.0
Snow Trail
as Eijima
1947
7.0