Toshirō Mifune

ActorProductionProducerDirector Apr 1 (died age 77) Qingdao, China 1947–2016 (69 year career)

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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…

Known For

Film

Seven Samurai

Kikuchiyo

Film

Rashomon

Tajômaru

Film

Yojimbo

Sanjuro Kuwabatake / The Samurai

Film

High and Low

Kingo Gondo

Film

Throne of Blood

Taketoki Washizu

Film

Sanjuro

Sanjûrô Tsubaki / The ronin

Film

The Hidden Fortress

General Rokurota Makabe

Film

Red Beard

Dr. Kyojio Niide ("Red Beard")

Filmography

Acting (176)

Movies (166)

Mifune: The Last Samurai

2016

as Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)

7.2

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

2012

as (archive footage)

7.5

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'

as Self

Picture Bride

as The Benshi

Deep River

as Tsukada

Shadow of the Wolf

as Kroomak

Strawberry Road

as Taoka

Journey of Honor

as Ieyasu Tokugawa

Heaven and Earth: Dawn Episode

1990

as Nagao Tamekage

10.0

The Demon Comes in Spring

1989

as Kukkune no jî

Death of a Tea Master

as Rikyu Sen-no

cf Girl

as Shūichirō Hase

Princess from the Moon

1987

as Taketori-no-Miyatsuko

Tora-san Goes North

as Junkichi Ueno

The Retired Samurai

as Hikozaemon Ōkubo

The Shatterer

1987

as Murai

The Ballad of the Sea of Genkai

1986

as Kyūbei Matsufuji

7.0

No More God, No More Love

1985

as Kōzō Kanzaki

6.0

Okita Soji: Swordsman of Fire

1984

as Shūsai Kondō

The Miracle of Joe, the Petrel

1984

as Fisherman

6.0

Lowly Ronin 5: The Teenage Orphan Girl

1983

as Sûrônin Rakuyôjûrô

Lowly Ronin 6: Betrayal at Yatate Pass

1983

as Sûrônin Hinoki Sajûrô

The Women of Osaka Castle

1983

as Tokugawa Ieyasu

Battle Anthem

1983

as Admiral Heihachiro Togo

7.0

Theater Of Life

1983

as Hyōtarō Aonari

Secret of the Forbidden Valley

1983

Lowly Ronin 4: Living Hell

1983

as Sanjuro Hinoki

The Lowly Ronin 3: Duel at Dawn

1982

The Challenge

1982

as Toru Yoshida

5.8

Lowly Ronin 2: The Spray of Blood

1982

as Sanjuro Hinoki

Domineering

1982

as Masao Tadokoro

5.0

Ten Duels of Young Shingo: Chapter 2

1982

as Tamon Umei

Inchon

1981

as Saito-San

3.4

The Bushido Blade

1981

as Shogun's Commander

5.4

Lowly Ronin

1981

as Sanjuro Hinoki

Ten Duels of Young Shingo: Chapter 1

as Tamon Umei

Port Arthur

as Emperor Meiji

1941

as Cmdr. Akiro Mitamura

5.8

Winter Kills

1979

as Keith

5.8

Onmitsu Doshin: The Edo Secret Police

1979

as Sadanobu Matsudaira

5.0

The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi

1979

as Kindaichi of 11th Generation in "The Woman in the Eye"

6.4

Japanese Godfather: Conclusion

1978

as Kosuke Oishi

7.0

The Fall of Ako Castle

as Tsuchiya Michinao

Love and Faith

as Taiko Hideyoshi

Shogun's Samurai

as Yoshinao Tokugawa

Shag

as Captain Takeo Murata

7.0

Lord Mito

1978

as Sakuzaemon Okumura

9.5

Japanese Godfather: Ambition

as Kosuke Oishi

Proof of the Man

as Yohei Kori

Midway

as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto

6.6

Paper Tiger

1975

as Ambassador Kagoyama

Red Sun

as Kuroda Jubei

The Militarists

as Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto

The Walking Major

as Kinugasa Tadao

The Ambitious

as Shojiro Goto

Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo

1970

as Yojimbo/Sasa

6.7

Incident at Blood Pass

as Yojimbo

Red Lion

as Gonzo

Samurai Banners

as Kansuke Yamamoto

Battle of the Japan Sea

1969

as Admiral Heihachiro Togo

6.0

Safari 5000

1969

as Yūichirō Takase

7.3

Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor

1969

as Isami Kondo

6.8

Admiral Yamamoto

1968

as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto

8.3

Hell in the Pacific

1968

as Captain Tsuruhiko Kuroda

The Sands of Kurobe

as Kitagawa

The Day the Sun Rose

as Kumaza

Samurai Rebellion

as Isaburo Sasahara

Japan's Longest Day

as War Minister General Korechika Anami

7.2

Grand Prix: Challenge of the Champions

1966

as Self

Grand Prix

1966

as Izō Yamura

7.2

The Sword of Doom

1966

as Toranosuke Shimada

7.7

Adventure in Kigan Castle

1966

as Osami

5.6

Rise Against the Sword

1966

as Abare Gōemon

6.5

The Mad Atlantic

1966

as Heihachirô Murakami

Red Beard

1965

as Dr. Kyojio Niide ("Red Beard")

8.1

The Retreat from Kiska

as Omura

Fort Graveyard

as Sergeant Kosugi

Sanshiro Sugata

as Shogoro Yano

Samurai Assassin

as Tsuruchiyo Niiro

Whirlwind

as Lord Akashi

High and Low

as Kingo Gondo

Samurai Pirate

as Sukezaemon Naya, aka 'Luzon' [Sinbad, in US version]

5.7

Legacy of the 500,000

as Takeichi Matsuo

Attack Squadron

as Lt. Colonel Senda

Sanjuro

as Sanjûrô Tsubaki / The ronin

8.0

Chûshingura

1962

as Genba Tawaraboshi

7.2

Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong

1962

as Zhang Zhizhang

5.8

Home-Brewed Tatsu

1962

as Tatsu

Yojimbo

1961

as Sanjuro Kuwabatake / The Samurai

8.1

The Important Man

1961

as Ánimas Trujano

8.0

The Masterless 47 – Part II

1961

Daredevil in the Castle

1961

as Mohei

7.1

The Youth and His Amulet

1961

as Fudo-Myo (Immovable Bright King)

The Bad Sleep Well

1960

as Kôichi Nishi

7.7

Man Against Man

1960

as Kaji

The Last Gunfight

1960

as Detective Saburo Fujioka

6.1

The Masterless 47

1960

as Kazuo Momoi

The Storm of the Pacific

1960

as Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi

5.6

The Gambling Samurai

1960

as Kunisada Chuji

6.3

Saga of the Vagabonds

1959

as Rokuro Kai

6.3

The Three Treasures

1959

as Prince Yamato Takeru

Samurai Saga

as Heihachiro Komaki

Desperado Outpost

as Battalion Commander

The Big Boss

as Kashimura

The Hidden Fortress

as General Rokurota Makabe

8.0

Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II

1958

as Tasaburo

5.3

All About Marriage

1958

as Acting teacher

Theater of Life

1958

Yaji and Kita on the Road

1958

as Toshinoshin Taya

Holiday in Tokyo

1958

as Tenkai's nephew Jirō

The Rickshaw Man

1958

as Matsugorō Tomishima

Throne of Blood

as Taketoki Washizu

Down Town

as Yoshio Tsuruishi

A Man in the Storm

1957

as Saburō Watari

Good Luck to These Two

1957

as Toshio Maruyama

6.0

The Lower Depths

1957

as Sutekichi the Thief

Yagyu Secret Scrolls

as Tasaburō Kasumi

A Dangerous Hero

as Kawada

Rebels on the High Sea

1956

as Matsuo Tokuzō

Rainy Night Duel

1956

as Masahiko Koseki

The Underworld

1956

as Chief Inspector Kumada

A Wife's Heart

1956

as Kenkichi

6.8

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

1956

as Musashi Miyamoto a.k.a. Takezo

7.2

Scoundrel

1956

as Kanji

Settlement of Love

1956

as Shuntarō Ōhira

I Live in Fear

1955

as Kiichi Nakajima

7.3

All is Well

1955

as Daikichi Risshun

All is Well 2

1955

as Daikichi Risshun

Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple

1955

as Musashi Miyamoto a.k.a. Takezo

7.2

No Time for Tears

1955

as Mitsuo Yano

A Man Among Men

1955

as "Buick" Maki

Seven Samurai

1954

as Kikuchiyo

8.5

The Black Fury

1954

as Eiichi Tsuda

The Surf

1954

as Skipper of the Utashima-maru

Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto

1954

as Musashi Miyamoto a.k.a. Takezo

7.2

The Eagle of the Pacific

1953

as 1st Lieutenant Tomonaga

7.6

Sunflower Girl

1953

as Ippei Hitachi

The Last Embrace

1953

as Shinkichi / Hayakawa

My Wonderful Yellow Car

1953

as Matsumura

6.0

Swift Current

1952

as Shunsuke Kosugi

Tokyo Sweetheart

1952

as Kurokawa

7.6

Kin no tamago: Golden Girl

1952

Vendetta of a Samurai

as Mataemon Araki

The Life of Oharu

as Katsunosuke

The Man Who Came to Port

1952

as Gorō Niinuma

10.0

Foghorn

1952

as Chiyokichi

Sword for Hire

as Sasa Hayatenosuke

The Idiot

as Denkichi Akama

The Life of a Horse Trader

1951

as Yonetaro Katayama

6.8

Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre

1951

as Kenji Kawakami

Pirates

1951

as Tora

Sasaki Kojiro

1951

as Miyamoto Musashi

5.0

Elegy

1951

as Prosecutor Daisuke Toki

Beyond Love and Hate

1951

as Gorō Sakata

Who Knows a Woman's Heart

1951

as Mizuno

Scandal

as Ichirô Aoye

Rashomon

as Tajômaru

Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka

as Teisaku Nagasawa

Wedding Ring

as Takeshi Ema

Escape from Prison

as Shinkichi

Stray Dog

1949

as Det. Murakami

7.6

The Quiet Duel

1949

as Dr. Kyoji Fujisaki

7.3

Jakoman and Tetsu

1949

as Tetsu

Drunken Angel

1948

as Matsunaga

7.6

These Foolish Times

1947

as Genzaburo Onō, Gang Boss

Snow Trail

1947

as Eijima

7.0

Television (10)

Burning Mountain River

1984

as Otsuichi Amo

Tuesday Suspense Theater

Sekigahara

as Sakon Shima

Shōgun

as Lord Yoshi Toranaga

7.6

The 47 Ronins of Ako

1979

as Tachibana Sakon

Falcons of Edo

1978

as Kanbei Uchiyama

7.0

Ronin in a Lawless Town

1976

as Mr. Danna

Ronin of the Wastelands

1972

as Kujuro Toge

V.I.P. Schaukel

as Self

Epic Chushingura

as Oishi Kuranosuke

Crew (14)

Movies (13)

Onmitsu Doshin: The Edo Secret Police

Associate Producer

Shag

Executive Producer

Morning for Two

Producer

Incident at Blood Pass

Producer

Red Lion

Producer

Samurai Banners

Producer

Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor

Producer

Samurai Rebellion

Producer

Adventure in Kigan Castle

1966

Associate Producer

5.6

The Mad Atlantic

1966

Executive Producer

Fort Graveyard

1965

Associate Producer

6.0

Legacy of the 500,000

1963

Associate Producer

7.1

Legacy of the 500,000

1963

Director

7.1

Television (1)

Ronin of the Wastelands

1972

Associate Producer