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Toshirô Mifune (1920–1997)


Toshiro Mifune achieved more worldwide fame than any other Japanese actor of his century. He was born in Tsingtao, China, to Japanese parents and grew up in Dalian. He did not set foot in Japan until he was 21. His father was an importer and a commercial photographer, and young Toshiro worked in his father's studio for a time after graduating from Dalian Middle School... See full bio »

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Filmography

Hide HideActor (182 titles)
1995 Fukai kawa
Tsukada
 
1994 Picture Bride
The Benshi
 
1992 Shadow of the Wolf
Kroomak
 
1991 Strawberry Road
Taoka
 
1989 CF gâru
Shuichiro
 
1987 Princess from the Moon
Taketori-no-Miyatsuko
 
1987 Tora-san Goes North
Junkichi Ueno
 
1987 Sicilian Connection
Murai
 
1985 No More God, No More Love
Kozo Kanzaki
 
1984 Natsu no deai (TV movie)
 
1984 Umitsubame Jyo no kiseki
Fisherman
 
1984 Sanga moyu (TV series)
 
1983 Makyo sessho-tani no himitsu (TV movie)
 
1983 Yusha ha katarazu (TV mini-series)
Ryuzo Kawana
 
1983 Jinsei gekijo
 
1982 Seiha
Masao Tadokoro
 
1982 The Challenge
Toru Yoshida
 
1982 Shingo juban shobu dai nibu (TV movie)
 
1982 Shiawase no kiiroi hankachi (TV movie)
 
1981 The Bloody Bushido Blade
Shogun's Commander
 
1981 Suronin makaritoru (TV mini-series)
 
1981 Kyukei no koya (TV movie)
 
1981 Shingo juban shobu dai ichibu (TV movie)
 
1981 Inchon
Saito-San
 
1981 Sekigahara (TV movie)
Sakon Shima
 
1981 Bungo torimonocho (TV mini-series)
 
1980 Shogun (TV mini-series)
Lord Yoshi Toranaga
 
1980 Shogun (TV movie)
Lord Yoshi Toranaga
 
1979 1941
Cmdr. Akiro Mitamura (as Toshiro Mifune)
 
1979 Winter Kills
Keith
 
1979 Kakekomibiru nanagoshitsu (TV mini-series)
 
1978 Nihon no don: kanketsuhen
Kosuke Oishi
 
1978 The Fall of Ako Castle
Tsuchiya
 
1978 Love and Faith
Taiko Hideyoshi
 
1978 Shag
Captain Murata
 
1978 Edo no taka (TV series)
 
1978 The Shogun's Samurai
Lord of Owari
 
1977 Nippon no don: Yabohen
Kosuke Oishi
 
1977 Ningen no shômei
Yohei Kori
 
1977 Muhogai no suronin (TV series)
 
1977 Kakushimetsuke sanjo (TV mini-series)
 
1977 Otoko no shiken
 
1976 Midway
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto (as Toshiro Mifune)
 
1976 Ken to kaze to komoriuta (TV series)
 
1975 Paper Tiger
Ambassador Kagoyama
 
1973 Kôya no yôjinbô (TV mini-series)
 
1972 Kôya no surônin (TV series)
Kujuro Toge
 
1971 Red Sun
Kuroda Jubie
 
1971 Dai Chûshingura (TV series)
 
1970 Aru heishi no kake
Tadao Kinugasa
 
1970 Bakumatsu
Shojiro Goto
 
1969 Red Lion
Gonzo
 
1968 Hell in the Pacific
Captain Tsuruhiko Kuroda (as Toshiro Mifune)
 
1968 Gion matsuri
Kumaza
 
1968 Chikadô no taiyô made
Kitagawa
 
1968 Gonin no nobushi (TV mini-series)
 
1967 Japan's Longest Day
War Minister General Korechika Anami
 
1966 Doto ichiman kairi
Heihachirô Murakami
 
1966 Kiganjô no bôken
Osami
 
1966 Abare Goemon
Abare Goemon
 
1965 Chi to suna
Sergeant Kosugi
 
1965 Red Beard
Dr. Kyojô Niide
 
1965 Samurai Assassin
Tsuruchiyo Niiro
 
1964 Shikonmado - Dai tatsumaki
Lord Akashi
 
1963 The Lost World of Sinbad
Sukezaemon Naya, alias 'Luzon' (Sinbad in English version)
 
1963 500,000
Takeichi Matsuo
 
1963 Attack Squadron!
Lt. Colonel Senda
 
1962 Chushingura
Genba Tawaraboshi
 
1962 Doburoku no Tatsu
Tatsu
 
1962 Ánimas Trujano (El hombre importante)
Ánimas Trujano (as Toshiro Mifune)
 
1961 Gen to fudômyô-ô
Fudo-Myo (Immovable Bright King)
 
1961 Zoku sararîman Chûshingura
Kazuo Momoi
 
1961 Daredevil in the Castle
Mohei
 
1960 Sararîman Chûshingura
Kazuo Momoi
 
1960 The Bad Sleep Well
Kôichi Nishi
 
1960 Otoko tai otoko
Kaji
 
1960 The Last Gunfight
Detective Saburo Fujioka
 
1959 Dokuritsu gurentai
Battalion Commander
 
1959 Sengoku gunto-den
Rokuro Kai
 
1959 Ankokugai no kaoyaku
Kashimura
 
1958 Theater of Life
 
1958 Kekkon no subete
Acting teacher (uncredited)
 
1958 The Rickshaw Man
Matsugoro
 
1958 A Holiday in Tokyo
Tenkai's nephew
 
1958 Yagyu bugeicho - Ninjitsu
Tasaburo
 
1957 Shitamachi
 
1957 Kiken na eiyu
 
1957 Yagyû bugeichô
Tasaburo
 
1957 Arashi no naka no otoko
Saburô Watari
 
1956 Shujinsen
 
1956 Narazu-mono
Kanji
 
1956 A Wife's Heart
 
1956 Aijô no kessan
 
1956 Ankokugai
Chief Inspector Kumada
 
1956 Kuro-obi sangokushi
Masahiko Koseki
 
1956 Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
Musashi Miyamoto (Takezo)
 
1955 I Live in Fear
Kiichi Nakajima
 
1955 Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
Musashi Miyamoto (Takezo)
 
1955 Otoko arite
Yano
 
1955 Tenka taihei
 
1955 Dansei No. 1
Maki
 
1954 Smuggling Ship
Eiichi Tsuda
 
1954 The Surf
Skipper of the Utashima-maru
 
1954/I Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Musashi Miyamoto (Takezo)
 
1954 Seven Samurai
Kikuchiyo (as Toshiro Mifune)
 
1953 Operation Kamikaze
1st Lieutenant Tomonaga
 
1953 Sunflower Girl
Ippei Hitachi
 
1953 Hoyo
Shinkichi/Hayakawa
 
1953 Fukeyo haru kaze
Matsumura
 
1952 Minato e kita otoko
Goro Niinuma
 
1952 Gekiryu
 
1952 Tôkyô no koibito
Kurokawa
 
1952 Sengoku burai
Sasa Hayatenosuke
 
1952 The Life of Oharu
Katsunosuke
 
1952 Foghorn
 
1951 Bakurô ichidai
Yonetaro Katayama
 
1951 Kaizoku-sen
 
1951 The Idiot
Denkichi Akama
 
1951 Elegy
 
1950 Sasaki Kojiro
Miyamoto Musashi
 
1950 An Engagement Ring
Takeshi Ema
 
1950 Scandal
Ichirô Aoye
 
1950 Datsugoku
 
1947 Shin baka jidai [Go]
Gang Boss (uncredited)
 
1947 Shin baka jidai [Zen]
Gang Boss
 
1947 Snow Trail
Eijima
 
Show ShowProducer (15 titles)
1984 Umitsubame Jyo no kiseki (planning producer)
 
1979 Onmitsu dôshin: Ôedo sôsamô (associate producer)
 
1978 Shag (executive producer)
 
1972 Kôya no surônin (TV series) (associate producer)
 
1971 Futari dake no asa (producer)
 
1969 Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor (producer)
 
1969 Red Lion (producer)
 
1969 Samurai Banners (producer)
 
1968 Chikadô no taiyô made (producer)
 
1967 Samurai Rebellion (producer)
 
1966 Doto ichiman kairi (executive producer)
 
1966 Kiganjô no bôken (associate producer)
 
1965 Chi to suna (associate producer)
 
1963 500,000 (associate producer)
 
Show ShowCamera and Electrical Department (1 title)
1966 Kiganjô no bôken (lighting assistant - uncredited)
 
Show ShowDirector (1 title)
1963 500,000
 
Show ShowSelf (8 titles)
1998 The 70th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself (Memorial Tribute)
 
1989 Cinéma cinémas (TV series documentary)
Himself
Toshiro Mifune - Voyage à Paris (1989) … Himself
 
1981 The 33rd Annual Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Special & Presenter: Best Directing/Writing in a Drama Series (as Toshiro Mifune)
 
1981 Tetsuko's Room (TV series)
Himself - Guest
Mifune Toshirô (1981) … Himself - Guest
 
1978 Auf los geht's los (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.3 (1978) … Himself
 
1975 V.I.P.-Schaukel (TV series documentary)
Himself
Episode #5.3 (1975) … Himself
 
1969 8 ji dayo! zen'in shûgô (TV series)
Himself
 
1966 Grand Prix: Challenge of the Champions (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (8 titles)
2007 The Making of 'Drunken Angel' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2005 Filmmakers vs. Tycoons (documentary)
 
2002 Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2001 The Making of 'Midway' (video documentary short)
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
 
2000 Hollywood Remembers Lee Marvin (TV documentary)
Captain Tsuruhiko Kuroda
 
1996 The Making of '1941' (video documentary)
Cmdr. Akiro Mitamura
 
1995 Empire of the Censors (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1984 Cine de aliento de los 60, 2da parte (short)
Himself
 

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High and Low -- Toshirô Mifune is unforgettable as Kingo Gondo, a wealthy industrialist whose family becomes the target of a cold-blooded kidnapper in Akira Kurosawa’s highly influential High and Low (Tengoku to jigoku). Grand Prix -- Trailer for this reckless racing romp Picture Bride -- Highly acclaimed by critics everywhere, this memorable story of passionate love is set amid the breathtaking scenery of a tropical paradise.
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Personal Details


Publicity Listings:

1 Print Biography  | 2 Articles  | See more »

Official Sites:

Toshiro Mifune Official Site | See more »

Alternate Names:

Toshiro Mifune

Height:

5' 9" (1.75 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

(about speaking English) I can't speak English, Instead memorize English lines by the sounds of the words. See more »

Trivia:

Father of Shirô Mifune and Mika Mifune. See more »

Trademark:

Often works with Akira Kurosawa See more »

Nickname:

The Wolf See more »

Star Sign:

Aries