Cast
Toshirō Mifune
Acting
Cast
Toshirō Mifune
Known for
Acting
Born
1920-04-01
From
Qingdao, China
Died
1997-12-24
Also known as Toshiroh Mifune, Mifune Toshirō
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.
★8.4
MOVIE1954
Seven Samurai
as Kikuchiyo
★8.4
MOVIE1963
High and Low
as Kingo Gondo
★8.0
MOVIE1950
Rashomon
as Tajômaru
★8.1
MOVIE1961
Yojimbo
as Sanjuro Kuwabatake / The Samurai
★6.6
MOVIE1976
Midway
as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
★10.0
MOVIE1952
The Man Who Came to Port
as Gorō Niinuma
★10.0
MOVIE1953
The Last Embrace
as Shinkichi / Hayakawa
★8.0
MOVIE1982
Lowly Ronin 2: The Spray of Blood
as Sanjuro Hinoki
★8.0
MOVIE1983
Lowly Ronin 5: The Teenage Orphan Girl
as Sûrônin Rakuyôjûrô
★10.0
MOVIE1952
Foghorn
as Chiyokichi
MOVIE1956
Scoundrel
as Kanji
★5.8
MOVIE1979
1941
as Cmdr. Akiro Mitamura
★6.8
MOVIE1971
Red Sun
as Kuroda Jubei
★7.9
MOVIE1957
Throne of Blood
as Taketoki Washizu
★8.2
MOVIE1965
Red Beard
as Dr. Kyojio Niide ("Red Beard")
★10.0
MOVIE1989
The Demon Comes in Spring
as Kukkune no jî
★10.0
MOVIE1951
Who Knows a Woman's Heart
as Mizuno
★7.6
MOVIE2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
★5.5
MOVIE1981
The Bushido Blade
as Shogun's Commander
★7.9
MOVIE1961
The Important Man
as Ánimas Trujano
★8.0
MOVIE1958
The Hidden Fortress
as General Rokurota Makabe
★7.6
MOVIE1948
Drunken Angel
as Matsunaga
★8.3
MOVIE1967
Samurai Rebellion
as Isaburo Sasahara
★7.3
MOVIE1955
I Live in Fear
as Kiichi Nakajima
★7.0
MOVIE1980
Shogun
as Lord Yoshi Toranaga
★7.9
MOVIE1962
Sanjuro
as Sanjûrô Tsubaki / The ronin
★6.0
MOVIE1982
Domineering
as Masao Tadokoro
★7.1
MOVIE2016
Mifune: The Last Samurai
as Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
★6.8
MOVIE1959
Saga of the Vagabonds
as Rokuro Kai
★7.3
MOVIE1966
Grand Prix
as Izō Yamura
★7.0
MOVIE1968
Hell in the Pacific
as Captain Tsuruhiko Kuroda
★3.9
MOVIE1981
Inchon
as Saito-San
★7.6
MOVIE1949
Stray Dog
as Det. Murakami
★7.0
MOVIE1951
The Idiot
as Denkichi Akama
★6.4
MOVIE1969
Battle of the Japan Sea
as Admiral Heihachiro Togo
★5.8
MOVIE1979
Winter Kills
as Keith
★7.7
MOVIE1966
The Sword of Doom
as Toranosuke Shimada
★7.3
MOVIE1978
Japanese Godfather: Conclusion
as Kosuke Oishi
★8.0
MOVIE1968
The Day the Sun Rose
as Kumaza
★8.5
MOVIE1968
Admiral Yamamoto
as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
★6.5
MOVIE1987
Princess from the Moon
as Taketori-no-Miyatsuko
★7.7
MOVIE1960
The Bad Sleep Well
as Kôichi Nishi
★7.2
MOVIE1954
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
as Musashi Miyamoto a.k.a. Takezo
★7.3
MOVIE1965
Samurai Assassin
as Tsuruchiyo Niiro
★7.3
MOVIE1949
The Quiet Duel
as Dr. Kyoji Fujisaki
★7.8
MOVIE1977
Proof of the Man
as Yohei Kori
★6.7
MOVIE1978
The Fall of Ako Castle
as Tsuchiya Michinao
★6.9
MOVIE1960
The Gambling Samurai
as Kunisada Chuji
★5.4
MOVIE1958
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
as Tasaburo
★8.0
MOVIE1981
Lowly Ronin
as Sanjuro Hinoki
★6.0
MOVIE1951
Sasaki Kojiro
as Miyamoto Musashi
★5.8
MOVIE1992
Shadow of the Wolf
as Kroomak
★7.2
MOVIE1956
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
as Musashi Miyamoto a.k.a. Takezo
★7.3
MOVIE1967
Japan's Longest Day
as War Minister General Korechika Anami
★7.0
MOVIE1978
Shogun's Samurai
as Yoshinao Tokugawa
★8.5
MOVIE1965
The Retreat from Kiska
as Omura
★7.7
MOVIE1952
The Life of Oharu
as Katsunosuke
★5.9
MOVIE1982
The Challenge
as Toru Yoshida
★7.1
MOVIE1962
Chûshingura
as Genba Tawaraboshi
★6.8
MOVIE1970
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
as Yojimbo/Sasa
★6.9
MOVIE1959
Samurai Saga
as Heihachiro Komaki
★7.4
MOVIE1980
Port Arthur
as Emperor Meiji
★7.0
MOVIE1947
Snow Trail
as Eijima
★7.7
MOVIE1983
Battle Anthem
as Admiral Heihachiro Togo
★6.9
MOVIE1950
Scandal
as Ichirô Aoye
★7.0
MOVIE1963
Attack Squadron
as Lt. Colonel Senda
★6.6
MOVIE1964
Whirlwind
as Lord Akashi
★10.0
MOVIE1958
All About Marriage
as Acting teacher
★5.5
MOVIE1959
The Three Treasures
as Prince Yamato Takeru
★9.0
MOVIE1983
Theater Of Life
as Hyōtarō Aonari
★7.2
MOVIE1955
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
as Musashi Miyamoto a.k.a. Takezo
★7.7
MOVIE1977
Japanese Godfather: Ambition
as Kosuke Oishi
★6.3
MOVIE1959
Desperado Outpost
as Battalion Commander
★8.0
MOVIE1954
The Black Fury
as Eiichi Tsuda
★7.0
MOVIE1968
The Sands of Kurobe
as Kitagawa
★6.5
MOVIE1969
Red Lion
as Gonzo
★6.5
MOVIE1957
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
as Tasaburō Kasumi
MOVIE1984
Okita Soji: Swordsman of Fire
as Shūsai Kondō
★5.6
MOVIE1989
Death of a Tea Master
as Rikyu Sen-no
★7.0
MOVIE1957
The Lower Depths
as Sutekichi the Thief
★6.0
MOVIE1960
The Storm of the Pacific
as Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi
★6.1
MOVIE1965
Fort Graveyard
as Sergeant Kosugi
★7.5
MOVIE1961
Daredevil in the Castle
as Mohei
★7.3
MOVIE1970
The Ambitious
as Shojiro Goto
★9.0
MOVIE1987
Tora-san Goes North
as Junkichi Ueno
★6.9
MOVIE1969
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
as Isami Kondo
★6.0
MOVIE1970
The Walking Major
as Kinugasa Tadao
★7.1
MOVIE1965
Sanshiro Sugata
as Shogoro Yano
★5.1
MOVIE1991
Journey of Honor
as Ieyasu Tokugawa
★7.2
MOVIE1958
The Rickshaw Man
as Matsugorō Tomishima
★7.5
MOVIE1970
The Militarists
as Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto
★8.0
MOVIE2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'
as Self
★6.5
MOVIE1995
Picture Bride
as The Benshi
★7.8
MOVIE1953
The Eagle of the Pacific
as 1st Lieutenant Tomonaga
★7.0
MOVIE1985
No More God, No More Love
as Kōzō Kanzaki
★6.9
MOVIE1963
Legacy of the 500,000
as Takeichi Matsuo
★9.0
MOVIE1956
Settlement of Love
as Shuntarō Ōhira
★5.9
MOVIE1963
Samurai Pirate
as Sukezaemon Naya, aka 'Luzon' [Sinbad, in US version]
★5.8
MOVIE1981
Ten Duels of Young Shingo: Chapter 1
as Tamon Umei
★6.2
MOVIE1966
Adventure in Kigan Castle
as Osami
★6.3
MOVIE1975
Paper Tiger
as Ambassador Kagoyama
★7.4
MOVIE1969
Samurai Banners
as Kansuke Yamamoto
★6.5
MOVIE1959
The Big Boss
as Kashimura
★6.9
MOVIE1970
Incident at Blood Pass
as Yojimbo
★9.0
MOVIE1958
Holiday in Tokyo
as Tenkai's nephew Jirō
★7.0
MOVIE1986
The Ballad of the Sea of Genkai
as Kyūbei Matsufuji
★10.0
MOVIE1947
These Foolish Times
as Genzaburo Onō, Gang Boss
★7.2
MOVIE1969
Safari 5000
as Yūichirō Takase
★9.0
MOVIE1957
A Dangerous Hero
as Kawada
★6.6
MOVIE1952
Vendetta of a Samurai
as Mataemon Araki
★6.2
MOVIE1960
The Last Gunfight
as Detective Saburo Fujioka
★8.0
MOVIE1952
Tokyo Sweetheart
as Kurokawa
★7.0
MOVIE1957
A Man in the Storm
as Saburō Watari
★10.0
MOVIE1953
Sunflower Girl
as Ippei Hitachi
★9.0
MOVIE1961
The Masterless 47 – Part II
★7.0
MOVIE1951
Beyond Love and Hate
as Gorō Sakata
★7.3
MOVIE1995
Deep River
as Tsukada
★6.3
MOVIE1979
The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
as Kindaichi of 11th Generation in "The Woman in the Eye"
★6.3
MOVIE1966
Rise Against the Sword
as Abare Gōemon
MOVIE1958
Yaji and Kita on the Road
as Toshinoshin Taya
★6.7
MOVIE1984
The Miracle of Joe, the Petrel
as Fisherman
★9.0
MOVIE1951
Elegy
as Prosecutor Daisuke Toki
★10.0
MOVIE1951
Pirates
as Tora
★10.0
MOVIE1955
All is Well 2
as Daikichi Risshun
★10.0
MOVIE1960
The Masterless 47
as Kazuo Momoi
★7.0
MOVIE1956
The Underworld
as Chief Inspector Kumada
★6.7
MOVIE1952
Sword for Hire
as Sasa Hayatenosuke
★8.0
MOVIE1954
The Surf
as Skipper of the Utashima-maru
★8.0
MOVIE1957
Down Town
as Yoshio Tsuruishi
★8.0
MOVIE1966
Grand Prix: Challenge of the Champions
as Self
★7.0
MOVIE1962
Tatsu
as Tatsu
★8.0
MOVIE1957
Good Luck to These Two
as Toshio Maruyama
MOVIE1987
The Retired Samurai
as Hikozaemon Ōkubo
★7.0
MOVIE1953
My Wonderful Yellow Car
as Matsumura
★9.0
MOVIE1956
Rebels on the High Sea
as Matsuo Tokuzō
★7.5
MOVIE1978
Shag
as Captain Takeo Murata
★6.4
MOVIE1978
Love and Faith
as Taiko Hideyoshi
★6.8
MOVIE1951
The Life of a Horse Trader
as Yonetaro Katayama
★7.0
MOVIE1960
Man Against Man
as Kaji
★6.9
MOVIE1956
A Wife's Heart
as Kenkichi
★9.5
MOVIE1991
Strawberry Road
as Taoka
★10.0
MOVIE1982
Ten Duels of Young Shingo: Chapter 2
as Tamon Umei
★10.0
MOVIE1958
Theater of Life
★6.6
MOVIE1950
Wedding Ring
as Takeshi Ema
★10.0
MOVIE1955
All is Well
as Daikichi Risshun
★6.9
MOVIE1950
Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka
as Teisaku Nagasawa
★9.0
MOVIE1952
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
★10.0
MOVIE1987
The Shatterer
as Murai
★7.0
MOVIE1952
Swift Current
as Shunsuke Kosugi
MOVIE1983
Lowly Ronin 4: Living Hell
as Sanjuro Hinoki
★9.0
MOVIE1955
No Time for Tears
as Mitsuo Yano
★10.0
MOVIE1949
Jakoman and Tetsu
as Tetsu
MOVIE1983
The Women of Osaka Castle
as Tokugawa Ieyasu
★6.5
MOVIE1962
Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong
as Zhang Zhizhang
★9.0
MOVIE1966
The Mad Atlantic
as Heihachirô Murakami
★8.0
MOVIE1956
Rainy Night Duel
as Masahiko Koseki
★10.0
MOVIE1990
Heaven and Earth: Dawn Episode
as Nagao Tamekage
★7.0
MOVIE1983
Secret of the Forbidden Valley
★8.0
MOVIE1955
A Man Among Men
as "Buick" Maki
★6.0
MOVIE1979
Onmitsu Doshin: The Edo Secret Police
as Sadanobu Matsudaira
★9.0
MOVIE1961
The Youth and His Amulet
as Fudo-Myo (Immovable Bright King)
★10.0
MOVIE1950
Escape from Prison
as Shinkichi
MOVIE1983
Lowly Ronin 6: Betrayal at Yatate Pass
as Sûrônin Hinoki Sajûrô
★10.0
MOVIE1951
Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre
as Kenji Kawakami
★7.0
MOVIE1989
cf Girl
as Shūichirō Hase
★9.8
MOVIE1978
Lord Mito
as Sakuzaemon Okumura
★9.0
MOVIE1982