Toshirō Mifune
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1920-04-01 (77 years old)
Deathday
1997-12-24
Place of Birth
Qingdao, China
Also known As
Toshiroh Mifune
Mifune Toshirō
Toshirō Mifune
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 ...
Acting
1958
as General Rokurota Makabe
1950
as Tajômaru
1965
as Dr. Kyojio Niide ("Red Beard")
1957
as Taketoki Washizu
1966
as Izō Yamura
1970
as Yojimbo
1949
as Det. Murakami
1979
as Cmdr. Akiro Mitamura
1955
as Kiichi Nakajima
1955
as Musashi Miyamoto a.k.a. Takezo
1954
as Musashi Miyamoto a.k.a. Takezo
1956
as Musashi Miyamoto a.k.a. Takezo
1976
as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
1962
as Sanjûrô Tsubaki / The ronin
1960
as Kôichi Nishi
1971
as Kuroda Jubei
1951
as Denkichi Akama
1968
as Captain Tsuruhiko Kuroda
1961
as Sanjuro Kuwabatake / The Samurai
1957
as Sutekichi the Thief
1948
as Matsunaga
1950
as Ichirô Aoye
1967
as Isaburo Sasahara
1989
as Rikyu Sen-no
1963
as Kingo Gondo
1979
as Keith
1970
as Yojimbo/Sasa
1952
as Katsunosuke
1958
as Matsugorō Tomishima
1949
as Dr. Kyoji Fujisaki
1962
as Genba Tawaraboshi
1969
as Isami Kondo
1967
as War Minister General Korechika Anami
1982
as Toru Yoshida
1992
as Kroomak
1963
as Sukezaemon Naya, aka 'Luzon' [Sinbad, in US version]
1969
as Kansuke Yamamoto
1962
as Tatsu
1966
as Toranosuke Shimada
1978
as Tsuchiya Michinao
1963
as Lt. Colonel Senda
1987
as Taketori-no-Miyatsuko
1966
as Osami
1965
as Tsuruchiyo Niiro
1958
as Toshinoshin Taya
1952
as Mataemon Araki
1989
as Shūichirō Hase
1969
as Gonzo
1959
as Battalion Commander
1975
as Ambassador Kagoyama
1969
as Admiral Heihachiro Togo
1947
as Eijima
1957
as Tasaburō Kasumi
1961
as Ánimas Trujano
1981
as Shogun's Commander
1981
as Saito-San
1958
as Tasaburo
1965
as Sergeant Kosugi
1968
as Kitagawa
1960
as Detective Saburo Fujioka
1996
as Self (archive footage)
1959
as Heihachiro Komaki
1964
as Lord Akashi
1981
as Sanjuro Hinoki
1982
as Sanjuro Hinoki
1959
as Prince Yamato Takeru
1950
as Takeshi Ema
1961
as Mohei
1958
as Acting teacher
1978
as Taiko Hideyoshi
1970
as Shojiro Goto
1966
1956
as Matsuo Tokuzō
1966
as Heihachirô Murakami
1956
as Shuntarō Ōhira
1957
as Saburō Watari
1957
as Kawada
1960
as Kazuo Momoi
1955
as Daikichi Risshun
1955
as Daikichi Risshun
1962
as Zhang Zhizhang
1977
as Yohei Kori
1958
as Tenkai's nephew Jirō
1991
as Ieyasu Tokugawa
1978
as Yoshinao Tokugawa
1950
as Shinkichi
1969
as Yūichirō Takase
1951
as Miyamoto Musashi
1968
as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
1956
as Kenkichi
1966
as Abare Gōemon
1987
as Hikozaemon Ōkubo
1995
as Tsukada
1995
as The Benshi
1989
as Kukkune no jî
1980
as Emperor Meiji
1978
as Captain Takeo Murata
1960
as Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi
1968
as Kumaza
1983
as Sanjuro Hinoki
1953
as 1st Lieutenant Tomonaga
1983
as Admiral Heihachiro Togo
1959
as Kashimura
1985
as Kōzō Kanzaki
1986
as Kyūbei Matsufuji
1970
as Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto
1950
as Teisaku Nagasawa
1960
as Kunisada Chuji
1982
as Masao Tadokoro
1959
as Rokuro Kai
2016
as Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
1987
as Junkichi Ueno
1983
as Tokugawa Ieyasu
1984
as Shūsai Kondō
1951
as Yonetaro Katayama
1983
as Sûrônin Rakuyôjûrô
1987
as Murai
1951
as Gorō Sakata
1952
as Chiyokichi
1953
as Shinkichi / Hayakawa
1955
as Mitsuo Yano
1956
as Chief Inspector Kumada
1960
as Kaji
1965
as Omura
1952
as Sasa Hayatenosuke
2000
as Self (archive footage)
1983
as Hyōtarō Aonari
1961
as Fudo-Myo (Immovable Bright King)
1984
as Fisherman
1978
as Sakuzaemon Okumura
1978
as Kosuke Oishi
1952
as Kurokawa
1963
as Takeichi Matsuo
1979
as Kindaichi of 11th Generation in "The Woman in the Eye"
1979
as Sadanobu Matsudaira
1983
as Sûrônin Hinoki Sajûrô
1991
as Taoka
1957
as Yoshio Tsuruishi
1952
as Gorō Niinuma
1957
as Toshio Maruyama
1977
as Kosuke Oishi
1954
as Kikuchiyo
1956
as Kanji
1958
1952
as Shunsuke Kosugi
1953
as Matsumura
1953
as Ippei Hitachi
1990
as Nagao Tamekage
1955
as "Buick" Maki
1965
as Shogoro Yano
1947
as Genzaburo Onō, Gang Boss
2020
as Self (archive footage)
1970
as Kinugasa Tadao
1998
as Self (archive footage)
1981
as Tamon Umei
1982
as Tamon Umei
1951
as Tora
1951
as Kenji Kawakami
1949
as Tetsu
1954
as Eiichi Tsuda
1951
as Mizuno
1956
as Masahiko Koseki
1954
as Skipper of the Utashima-maru
1951
as Prosecutor Daisuke Toki
1980
as Lord Yoshi Toranaga
Production
1967
as Producer
1969
as Producer
1966
as Executive Producer
1971
as Producer
1966
as Associate Producer
1969
as Producer
1970
as Producer
1965
as Associate Producer
1978
as Executive Producer
1963
as Director
1963
as Associate Producer
1969
as Producer
1979
as Associate Producer
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