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Toshiro Mifune

Highest Rated: 100% The Bad Sleep Well (1960)

Lowest Rated: 0% Inchon! (1981)

Birthday: Apr 1, 1920

Birthplace: Tsingtao, China

Although he had originally planned to work in films as an assistant cameraman, Toshiro Mifune was auditioned as an actor, a fortuitous career shift that helped change the course of Japanese cinematic history. He appeared in many of the great post-war Japanese films, most notably those of director Akira Kurosawa.

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Highest rated movies

100% 92% The Bad Sleep Well
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100% 89% Life of Oharu
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100% 85% Samurai I
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100% 95% Sanjuro
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100% 91% Stray Dog
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100% 93% Rebellion
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98% 93% Rashomon
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96% 95% High and Low
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96% 96% Yojimbo
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Toshiro Mifune

Toshirô Mifune RASHOMON, Toshiro Mifune, 1950 YOJIMBO, (aka YOJINBO), from left: Toshiro Mifune, director Akira Kurosawa, on set, 1961 MIYAMOTO MUSASHI, (aka SAMURAI 1: MUSASHI MIYAMOTO), Toshiro Mifune, Kuroemon Onoe, 1954. RED SUN, Ursula Andress, Charles Bronson, Toshiro Mifune, 1972 STRAY DOG, (aka, NORA INU), first from left: Toshiro Mifune, 1949 ZATOICHI MEETS YOJIMBO, (aka ZATOICHI TO YOJIMBO), from left: Toshiro Mifune, Shintaro Katsu, 1970 THE CHALLENGE, Toshiro Mifune, Scott Glenn, 1982. (c)Embassy Pictures. RASHOMON, from left: Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyo, 1950 THE CHALLENGE, Toshiro Mifune, 1982, (c) Embassy Pictures View more photos

Filmography

Movies

Credit
82% 79% Picture Bride The Benshi (Character) $531.1K 1994
No Score Yet 47% Shadow of the Wolf Kroomak (Character) $1.2M 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet Shogun Mayeda Lord Ieyasu (Character) - 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet Strawberry Road Unknown (Character) - 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Demon Comes in Spring Unknown (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet 78% The Death of a Tea Master Rikyu Sen-no (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet 73% Princess From the Moon Taketori-no-Miyatsuko (Character) - 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tora-san Goes North Junkichi Ueno (Character) - 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Taketori Monogatari Taketori-no-Miyatsuko (Character) - 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Legend of the Holy Woman Kozo Kanzaki (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Imperial Japanese Navy Unknown (Character) - 1983
53% 70% The Challenge Toru Yoshida (Character) - 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet Domineering Masao Tadokoro (Character) - 1982
No Score Yet 33% The Bushido Blade Shogun's Commander (Character) - 1981
0% 7% Inchon! Saito-San (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet 86% Shogun Lord Yoshi Toranaga (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Battle of Port Arthur Unknown (Character) - 1980
39% 48% 1941 Commander Akiro Mitamura (Character) - 1979
92% 55% Winter Kills Keith (Character) $75.6K 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi Unknown (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet ‎Onmitsu Doshin: The Edo Secret Police Unknown (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet Love and Fate Taiko Hideyoshi (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet Nihon no Don Kanketsu-hen Unknown (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet 84% Shogun's Samurai: The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy Lord of Owari (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet 62% The Fall of Ako Castle Tsuchiya (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet Proof of the Man Yasugi's husband (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Mafia in Japan -The Ambition- Unknown (Character) - 1977
41% 71% Midway Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto (Character) - 1976
No Score Yet 42% Paper Tiger Ambassador Kagoyama (Character) - 1975
40% 61% Red Sun Kuroda Jubie (Character) - 1972
No Score Yet 66% Machibuse The yojimbo (Character) - 1970
No Score Yet 72% Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo Sassa the Yojimbo (Character) - 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Walking Major Tadao Kinugasa (Character) - 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet Incident at Blood Pass The Yojimbo (Character),
Producer 		- 1970
67% 83% Hell in the Pacific Captain Tsuruhiko Kuroda (Character) - 1969
No Score Yet 50% Samurai Banners Kansuke Yamamoto (Character) - 1969
No Score Yet No Score Yet Battle of the Japan Sea Togo Heihachiro (Character) - 1969
No Score Yet 75% Red Lion Gonzo (Character),
Producer 		- 1969
No Score Yet No Score Yet Under the Banner of Samurai Kansuke Yamamoto (Character) - 1969
No Score Yet 79% Japan's Longest Day Unknown (Character) - 1968
No Score Yet 71% Admiral Yamamoto Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto (Character) - 1968
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Tunnel to the Sun Kitagawa (Character) - 1968
No Score Yet No Score Yet Adventure in Kigan Castle Osami (Character) - 1968
100% 93% Rebellion Isaburo Sasahara (Character),
Producer 		- 1967
91% 88% Grand Prix Izo Yamura (Character) - 1966
80% 90% The Sword of Doom Toranosuke Shimada (Character) - 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet 10,000 Miles of Stormy Seas Heihachirô Murakami (Character),
Executive Producer 		- 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet Retreat From Kiska Omura (Character) - 1966
73% 95% Red Beard Redbeard (Character) - 1965
No Score Yet 83% Samurai Assassin Tsuruchiyo Niiro (Character) - 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fort Graveyard Sergeant Kosugi (Character) - 1965
96% 95% High and Low Kingo Gondo (Character) - 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet Attack Squadron Unknown (Character) - 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Lost World of Sinbad Sukezaemon Naya (Character) - 1963
100% 95% Sanjuro Sanjuro Tsubaki (Character) - 1962
No Score Yet 100% The Important Man Unknown (Character) - 1962
96% 96% Yojimbo Sanjuro Kuwabatake (Character) - 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Youth and His Amulet Unknown (Character) - 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet I Bombed Pearl Harbor Adm. Yamaguchi (Character) - 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Daredevil in the Castle Mohei (Character) - 1961
100% 92% The Bad Sleep Well Koichi Nishi (Character) - 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet Salaryman Chushingura Unknown (Character) - 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Last Gunfight Detective Saburo Fujioka (Character) - 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet Samurai Saga Heihachiro Komaki (Character) - 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Three Treasures Unknown (Character) - 1959
96% 92% The Hidden Fortress General Rokurota Makabe (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Rickshaw Man Matsugoro (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet 85% Muhomatsu, the Rikshaw Man Unknown (Character) - 1958
96% 93% Throne of Blood Taketori Washizu (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet Be Happy, These Two Lovers Unknown (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet Yagyu Secret Scrolls Tsaburo (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Man in the Storm Unknown (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet Downtown Yoshio Tsuruishi (Character) - 1957
83% 79% The Lower Depths Sutekichi the Thief (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet 83% Samurai 3 Musashi Miyamoto (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet 86% Samurai 2 Musashi Miyamoto (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet 88% Miyamoto Musashi Kanketsuhen: Kettô Ganryûjima (Samurai III: Duel on Ganryu Island) (Bushido) Unknown (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Underworld Unknown (Character) - 1956
100% 85% Samurai I Musashi Miyamoto (Character) - 1955
73% 76% I Live in Fear Kiichi Nakajima (Character) - 1955
No Score Yet 85% Zoku Miyamoto Musashi: Ichijôji no Kettô (Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple) (Swords of Doom) Unknown (Character) - 1955
100% 97% Seven Samurai Kikuchiyo (Character) $487.3K 1954
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Last Embrace Unknown (Character) - 1953
100% 89% Life of Oharu Katsunosuke (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet 60% Vendetta of a Samurai Mataemon Araki (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tokyo Sweetheart Unknown (Character) - 1952
60% 73% The Idiot Denkichi Akama (Character) - 1951
86% 72% Scandal Ichirô Aoye (Character) - 1950
98% 93% Rashomon Tajomaru (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet No Score Yet Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka Unknown (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wedding Ring Takeshi Ema (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet No Score Yet In The Woods Unknown (Character) - 1950
100% 91% Stray Dog Murakami (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet 73% The Quiet Duel Dr. Kyoji Fujisaki (Character) - 1949
94% 89% Drunken Angel Matsunaga (Character) - 1948
No Score Yet No Score Yet Yoidore Tenshi Unknown (Character) - 1948
No Score Yet No Score Yet Snow Trail Eijima (Character) - 1947

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79% 91% Shogun Unknown (Character) 1980