Toshiro Mifune

Japanese actor (1920–1997)

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Lived 1920–1997, aged 77Japan

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123 languages
Cross-language footprint
Rank in Japan
#98
Actors
Era
1920–1997
Aged 77
Known for
Seven Samurai
1954

Summary

Updated 2026-06-21

He glared through sixteen Kurosawa films with a presence so fierce it bent the frame—samurai, ronin, bandit—and became the face that taught the West what Japanese cinema could do.

Biography

About

Toshiro Mifune was born 1 April 1920 and spent three decades as the axis of Japanese film, racking up more than 180 credits but locking into immortality through his partnership with Akira Kurosawa. Rashomon in 1950 won him the Golden Lion at Venice; Seven Samurai in 1954 made him unavoidable. He took the Volpi Cup for Yojimbo in 1961, played Miyamoto Musashi across Inagaki's Samurai Trilogy, and in 1962 launched his own production company to chase large-scale spectacle like The Sands of Kurobe. After Red Beard in 1965—another Venice win—he turned outward, making his Hollywood debut in Grand Pr…

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