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Something wrong?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.
A life in dates
Shadow of the WolfFilm, Kroomak1989Chevalier des Arts et des LettresAward1988Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting ActorAward1986Medal with Purple RibbonAward1984
Burning Mountain RiverSeries, Otsuichi Amo1983
The Brave Man Says LittleSeries1981
SekigaharaSeries, Sakon Shima1980
ShōgunSeries, Lord Yoshi Toranaga1979The 47 Ronins of AkoSeries, Tachibana Sakon
1941Film, 1979Cmdr. Akiro Mitamura1978
Falcons of EdoSeries, Kanbei Uchiyama1976
Ronin in a Lawless TownSeries, Mr. Danna
MidwayFilm, 1976Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto1972
Ronin of the WastelandsSeries, Kujuro Toge1971
Epic ChushinguraSeries, Oishi KuranosukeV.I.P. SchaukelSeries1970
Zatoichi Meets YojimboFilm, Yojimbo/Sasa1967
Japan's Longest DayFilm, War Minister General Korechika Anami1966Blue Ribbon Awards for Best ActorAward1965Volpi Cup for Best ActorAward
Red BeardFilm, 1965Dr. Kyojio Niide ("Red Beard")1962Blue Ribbon Awards for Best ActorAward1961Volpi Cup for Best ActorAward
The Important ManFilm, 1961Ánimas Trujano1958
The Hidden FortressFilm, General Rokurota Makabe1956
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu IslandFilm, Musashi Miyamoto a.k.a. Takezo1954
Samurai I: Musashi MiyamotoFilm, Musashi Miyamoto a.k.a. Takezo1952Blue Ribbon Awards for Best ActorAward1951
The IdiotFilm, Denkichi Akama1949
Stray DogFilm, Det. Murakami1947
Snow TrailFilm, Eijima1920Born1 April 1920Also in Deutsch
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Filmography 40
MSMifune: The Last Samurai
FGFinal Cut: Ladies and GentlemenSWShadow of the Wolf
TCThe Challenge1941
WKWinter Kills
SCShogun's Samurai: The Yagyu Clan ConspiracyMIMidway
RSRed SunZYZatoichi Meets Yojimbo
HPHell in the Pacific
SRSamurai RebellionJDJapan's Longest Day
GPGrand Prix
TDThe Sword of DoomRBRed Beard
SASamurai Assassin
HLHigh and Low
SASanjuro
CHChûshingura
YOYojimboTMThe Important Man
TWThe Bad Sleep WellTFThe Hidden Fortress
TMThe Rickshaw Man
TBThrone of Blood
TDThe Lower DepthsSISamurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
IFI Live in Fear
STSamurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
SSSeven SamuraiSMSamurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
TOThe Life of OharuTIThe Idiot
RARashomon
SCScandalSDStray Dog
TDThe Quiet Duel
DADrunken AngelSTSnow Trail192 credits on file
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BRBurning Mountain RiverTLThe Brave Man Says LittleSESekigahara
TTTuesday Suspense TheaterSHShōgunFEFalcons of EdoRTRonin in a Lawless TownRWRonin of the WastelandsECEpic ChushinguraAwards
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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 Prix and later appearing in Midway, Red Sun, and Spielberg's 1941, plus the NBC miniseries Shōgun as Lord Toranaga. He died of organ failure on 24 December 1997, two years before his induction into the Martial Arts History Museum Hall of Fame and nineteen years before his star went into the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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