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Toshiro Mifune

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.

Highest rated movies

100% Rebellion
100% Sanjuro
100% The Bad Sleep Well
100% Samurai I
100% Seven Samurai
100% Life of Oharu
98% Rashomon
96% High and Low

Photos

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 THE IDIOT, (aka HAKUCHI), Setsuko Hara, Toshiro Mifune, 1951. RASHOMON, Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyo, 1950. RASHOMON, Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyo, 1950. RASHOMON, Toshiro Mifune, 1950. WINTER KILLS, Toshiro Mifune, 1979, (c) AVCO Embassy Pictures YOJIMBO, Toshiro Mifune, 1961. YOJIMBO, Toshiro Mifune, 1961. YOJIMBO, (aka YOJINBO), Toshiro Mifune, on set, 1961 DRUNKEN ANGEL, (aka YOIDORE TENSHI), Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, 1948 HIDDEN FORTRESS, (aka KAKUSHI-TORIDE NO SAN-AKUNIN), Toshiro Mifune, Kamatari Fujiwara, Minoru Chiaki, 1958 I LIVE IN FEAR, (aka IKIMONO NO KIROKU, aka RECORD OF A LIVING BEING), Akemi Negishi (holding baby), Haruko Togo, Eiko Miyoshi (in black), Toshiro Mifune (after heart attack), Kyoko Aoyama (hair ribbon), Minoru Chiaki (far right), 1955
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
82% 79% Picture Bride The Benshi (Character) $531.1K 1994
No Score Yet 46% 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 No Score Yet Tora-san Goes North Junkichi Ueno (Character) - 1987
No Score Yet 73% Princess From the Moon Taketori-no-Miyatsuko (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 35% The Bushido Blade Shogun's Commander (Character) - 1981
0% 7% Inchon! Saito-San (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet 94% 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% 54% 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 60% 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 44% 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 No Score Yet Under the Banner of Samurai Kansuke Yamamoto (Character) - 1969
No Score Yet 75% Red Lion Gonzo (Character),
Producer 		- 1969
No Score Yet 78% Japan's Longest Day Unknown (Character) - 1968
No Score Yet 73% 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
92% 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
75% 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 Downtown Yoshio Tsuruishi (Character) - 1957
83% 79% The Lower Depths Sutekichi the Thief (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet 100% Samurai 3 Musashi Miyamoto (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet 83% 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
75% 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) $192.9K 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
64% 73% The Idiot Denkichi Akama (Character) - 1951
88% 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
96% 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

TV

Credit
79% 91% Shogun Unknown (Character) 1980