Toshiro Mifune in the film Drunken Angel.

Toshiro Mifune (三船 敏郎 Mifune Toshirō [miɸɯne toɕiɺoː], 1 April 1920 – 24 December 1997) was a Japanese actor who appeared in almost 170 feature films. Image File history File links Drunken_Angel_1948. ... Image File history File links Drunken_Angel_1948. ... April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... Year 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... December 24 is the 358th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (359th in leap years). ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke while waiting between takes during location filming An actor or actress is a person who acts, or plays a role, in a dramatic production. ... A reel of film, which predates digital cinematography. ...

Childhood

Toshiro Mifune was born in Tsingtao (now Qingdao), China, to Japanese parents, and grew up in the Chinese city of Dalian with his parents and two siblings. In his youth, Mifune worked in the photography shop of his father Tokuzo, a commercial photographer and importer who had emigrated from northern Japan.   (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Ching-tao), well-known to the West by its Postal map spelling Tsingtao, is a sub-provincial city in eastern Shandong province, Peoples Republic of China. ... Dalian (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: Dàlián; Japanese: Dairen; Russian: Далянь, Dalian or Дальний, Dalny) is the governing sub-provincial city in the eastern Liaoning Province of Northeast China. ... Photography is the process of making pictures by means of capturing light on a light-sensitive medium, such as a sensor or film. ... International trade is defined as trade between two or more partners from different countries (an exporter and an importer). ...

Tokuzo was a Methodist, and there is evidence that he was also a missionary, ministering to the ethnic Japanese in Dalian. For the Methodist school of ancient Greek medicine, see Methodism (history of medicine) Methodism or the Methodist movement is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity. ... A missionary is traditionally defined as a propagator of religion who works to convert those outside that community; someone who proselytizes. ... The term Ethnic Japanese, or Nikkei (日系), usually refers to people who live outside Japan, who either emigrated from Japan or are descendants of a person who emigrated from Japan. ...

Although the young Toshiro spent the first 19 years of his life in China, and could even speak Mandarin, as a Japanese citizen he was drafted into the Imperial Japanese Air Force, where he served in the Aerial Photography (Ko-type) unit during the Second World War. He repatriated to Japan in 1946. Anthem: Kimi ga Yo Imperial Reign Slogan: Fukoku Kyohei Enrich the Country, Strengthen the Military (a. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...

Entry into show business

In 1947, one of Mifune's friends who worked for the Photography Department of Toho Productions suggested Mifune try out for the Photography Department. He was accepted for a position as an assistant cameraman. However, the union was affiliated with the Communist party, which made Mifune, a religiously conservative man, very uncomfortable. Photography is the process of making pictures by means of capturing light on a light-sensitive medium, such as a sensor or film. ... The current logo of Toho (in the US.) Toho Company, Limited , TYO: 9602) is a large Japanese film studio. ... A cinematographer (from cinema photographer) is one photographing with a motion picture camera. ... The Japanese Communist Party (JCP) (日本共産党), in Japanese known as Nihon Kyōsan-tō is a political party of Japan based on communism. ...

At this time, a large number of Toho actors, after a prolonged strike, had left to form their own company. The studio organized a "new faces" contest to find new talent. Mifune's friends submitted an application and photo, without his knowledge. He was accepted, along with 48 others (out of roughly 4000 applicants), and allowed to take a screen test for Kajiro Yamamoto. Instructed to mime anger, he drew from his wartime experiences, delivering such a powerfully authentic performance that the testers feared he would be too arrogant and troublesome to work with. Fortunately, however, Yamamoto took a liking to Mifune, recommending him to director Senkichi Taniguchi. This led to Mifune's first feature role, in Shin Baka Jidai. Actors in period costume sharing a joke while waiting between takes during location filming An actor or actress is a person who acts, or plays a role, in a dramatic production. ... This article is about the emotion. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ...

Marriage

One of Mifune's fellow performers, one of the 32 women chosen during the new faces contest, was Sachiko Yoshimine. Eight years Mifune's junior, she came from a respected Tokyo family. They fell in love and Mifune soon proposed marriage. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... “Matrimony” redirects here. ...

Yoshimine's parents were strongly opposed to the union. Mifune was doubly an outsider, being a non-Buddhist as well as a native Manchurian (Manchuria being associated with misfits and eccentrics by mainland Japanese). His choice of profession also made him suspect, as actors were generally assumed to be irresponsible and financially incapable of supporting a family. A replica of an ancient statue found among the ruins of a temple at Sarnath Buddhism is a philosophy based on the teachings of the Buddha, Siddhārtha Gautama, a prince of the Shakyas, whose lifetime is traditionally given as 566 to 486 BCE. It had subsequently been accepted by... Manchuria (Manchu: Manju; Traditional Chinese: 滿洲; Simplified Chinese: 满洲; pinyin: Mǎnzhōu, Russian: ) is a vast territorial region in northeast Asia. ...

Director Senkichi Taniguchi, with the help of Akira Kurosawa, convinced the Yoshimine family to allow the marriage. It took place in February of 1950. In November of the same year, their first son Shiro was born. In 1955, they had a second son, Takeshi. Mifune's daughter Mika was born in 1982. Akira Kurosawa , 23 March 1910—6 September 1998) was a prominent Japanese film director, film producer, and screenwriter. ...

Popularity

Toshiro Mifune in Yojimbo, playing the classic roving ronin character.

His imposing bearing, acting range, facility with foreign languages and lengthy partnership with acclaimed director Akira Kurosawa made him the most famous Japanese actor of his time, and easily the best known to Western audiences. He often portrayed a samurai or ronin, who was usually coarse and gruff (Kurosawa once explained that the only weakness he could find with Mifune and his acting ability was his "rough" voice), inverting the popular stereotype of the genteel, clean-cut samurai. In such films as Seven Samurai and Yojimbo, he played characters who were often comically lacking in manners, but replete with practical wisdom and experience, understated nobility, and, in the case of Yojimbo, unmatched fighting prowess. Sanjuro in particular contrasts this earthy warrior spirit with the useless, sheltered propriety of the court samurai. Kurosawa highly valued Mifune for his effortless portrayal of unvarnished emotion, once commenting that he could convey in only three feet of film an emotion that would require the average Japanese actor ten feet. Image File history File links Yojimbo_1961. ... Image File history File links Yojimbo_1961. ... Akira Kurosawa , 23 March 1910—6 September 1998) was a prominent Japanese film director, film producer, and screenwriter. ... Japanese samurai in armour, 1860s. ... Graves of 47 Ronin at Sengakuji For other uses, see Ronin (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Seven Samurai (disambiguation). ... Yojimbo (Japanese: 用心棒, Yōjinbō) is a 1961 jidaigeki (period drama) film by Akira Kurosawa. ... In Japanese, Yojimbo (用心棒; Yōjinbō) is a bodyguard, security person or sometimes assassin. ... This article needs cleanup. ...

On the other hand, his portrayal of Musashi Miyamoto in Hiroshi Inagaki's Samurai Trilogy is deliberately made to become the epitome of samurai honour and manners. Miyamoto Musashi (宮本 武蔵 Miyamoto Musashi) (c. ... Hiroshi Inagaki (30 December 1905 - 21 May 1980) is a Japanese filmmaker most known for the Academy Award winning Samurai Trilogy that he directed. ... The Criterion Collection DVD cover. ...

Mifune was famous for his self-deprecating sense of humor, which often found its way into his film roles. He was renowned for the effort he put into his performances. To prepare for Seven Samurai and Rashomon, Mifune reportedly studied tapes of lions in the wild; for Ánimas Trujano, he studied tapes of Mexican actors speaking, so he could recite all his lines in Spanish. In his earliest film roles in English like Grand Prix, made in 1966, he learned his lines phonetically. This met with limited success and his voice was often dubbed by Paul Frees. By the time he made Red Sun in 1971 he had become somewhat more proficent in the language and his voice is heard throughout this multinational western. He was always disappointed that he did not have a larger career in the West. His most prominent English-language role was probably playing Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto in Midway. Look up Humour in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article or section cites its sources but does not provide page references. ... Binomial name Panthera leo (Linnaeus, 1758) Distribution of Lions in Africa Synonyms Felis leo (Linnaeus, 1758) The lion (Panthera leo) is a mammal of the family Felidae and one of four big cats in the genus Panthera. ... Ánimas Trujano (Alternative English title: The Important Man) is a 1961 Mexican film directed by Ismael Rodríguez, based on a novel by Rogelio Barriga Rivas. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Grand Prix is an action film released in 1966. ... Paul Frees (June 22, 1920 - November 2, 1986) was a voice actor born in Chicago. ... A unique film in that is is one of the few to combine a hero of the wild west genre, Charles Bronson, and a legend of Japanese films, Toshiro Mifune. ... Isoroku Yamamoto ) (4 April 1884 – 18 April 1943) was a Fleet Admiral and Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet during World War II, graduate of Imperial Japanese Naval Academy and alumnus of the U.S. Naval War College and Harvard University (1919 - 1921). ... Midway is a war film released in 1976. ...

Toshiro Mifune as Akahige in Red Beard.

Early in the development of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, director George Lucas reportedly considered Mifune for the role of Obi-Wan Kenobi. He had played an analogous role (General Rokurota) in The Hidden Fortress, a film greatly admired by Lucas. Its plot and characters have some parallels that Lucas carried into his first Star Wars film. Image File history File links Mifune(RedBeard). ... Image File history File links Mifune(RedBeard). ... This movie poster for Star Wars depicts many of the films important elements, such as Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo, X-Wing and Y-Wing fighters Star Wars, retitled Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope in 1981 (see note at Title,) is the original (and in chronological... George Walton Lucas, Jr. ... Obi-Wan Ben Kenobi is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe. ... The Hidden Fortress (Japanese: 隠し砦の三悪人, Kakushi toride no san akunin) is a 1958 film by Akira Kurosawa and starring Toshiro Mifune as General Rokurota Makabe and Misa Uehara as Princess Yuki. ...

Mifune has been credited as originating the "roving warrior" archetype, which he perfected during his collaboration with Kurosawa. Clint Eastwood was among the first of many American actors to adopt this persona, which he used to great effect in his Western roles, especially the spaghetti westerns made with Sergio Leone. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... Clint Eastwood (born Clinton Eastwood, Jr. ... Justus D. Barnes, from The Great Train Robbery The Western is one of the classic American literary and film genres. ... Movie poster for Once Upon a Time in the West Spaghetti Western is a nickname for a broad sub-genre of Western film that emerged in the mid-1960s, so named because most of them were produced by Italian studios. ... Sergio Leone (January 3, 1929 – April 30, 1989) was an Italian film director who is considered by many to be on the short list of the greatest film directors of all time. ...

Most of the sixteen Kurosawa–Mifune films are considered cinema classics. These include Rashomon, Stray Dog, Seven Samurai, The Hidden Fortress, High and Low, Throne of Blood (an adaptation of Shakespeare's MacBeth), Yojimbo, and Sanjuro. (See filmography, below) Stray Dog (野良犬 Nora inu) is a 1949 film noir directed by Akira Kurosawa. ... High and Low (天国と地獄, Tengoku to jigoku, literally Heaven and Hell) is a 1963 film directed by Akira Kurosawa It tells the story of an executive named Kingo Gondo Toshirô Mifune who mortgages all he has to stage leveraged buyout and gain control of the National Shoe Company, with the intent... Throne of Blood , lit. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Scene from Macbeth, depicting the witches conjuring of an apparition in Act IV, Scene I. Painting by William Rimmer Macbeth is among the most famous of William Shakespeares plays, as well as his shortest tragedy. ...

Mifune and Kurosawa finally parted ways after Red Beard. Several factors contributed to the rift that ended this career-spanning collaboration. Most of Mifune's contemporaries acted in several different movies throughout the year. Since Red Beard required Mifune to grow a natural beard — one he had to keep for the entirety of the film's two years of shooting — he was unable to act in any other films during the production. This put Mifune and his financially strapped production company deeply into debt, creating friction between him and Kurosawa. Although Red Beard played to packed houses in Japan and Europe, which helped Mifune recoup some of his losses, the ensuing years were bleak for both Mifune and Kurosawa. After the film's release, both men found work hard to come by, and a mix of personal and professional troubles sent each into depression . During this time, Mifune divorced his wife, an act which Kurosawa — a conservative Japanese traditionalist — found to be reprehensible. In 1980, Mifune experienced newfound popularity with mainstream American audiences through his role as Lord Toranaga in the television miniseries Shogun. Yet Kurosawa did not rejoice in his estranged friend's success, and publicly made derisive remarks about Shogun. For other uses, see Red Beard (disambiguation) Red Beard (Japanese: 赤ひげ, Akahige) is a 1965 Japanese film directed by Akira Kurosawa about the relationship between a village doctor and his new trainee. ... Grieving Thai females. ... Shogun is an Japanese- United States miniseries based on the namesake novel by James Clavell. ...

Later life

Early in the 1980s, Mifune founded an acting school, Mifune Geijutsu Gakuin (三船芸術学院). The school failed after only three years, due to mismanaged finances. Acting is the work of an actor or actress, a person in theatre, film, or any other storytelling medium who tells the story by portraying a character and, usually, speaking or singing the written text or play. ...

Mifune received wider audience acclaim in the West than he had ever had before after playing Toranaga in the 1980 miniseries Shogun. However, the series' historical inaccuracy and somewhat simplified view of Japan meant that it was not as well received in his homeland. It deepened the rift with Kurosawa, virtually ensuring that they would not work together again. Tokugawa Ieyasu Tokugawa Ieyasu (also (archaic) Iyeyasu; 徳川 家康 Tokugawa Ieyasu January 31, 1543–June 1, 1616) was the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, and is commonly known as one of the three great unifiers of feudal Japan (the other two are Oda Nobunaga and... A miniseries (sometimes mini-series), in a serial storytelling medium, is a production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. ... Shogun is an Japanese- United States miniseries based on the namesake novel by James Clavell. ...

Kurosawa seems to have made various uncharitable comments about Mifune, and Mifune about Kurosawa, and on many occasions they openly expressed feelings of resentment toward one another. They finally made something of a reconciliation in 1993 at the funeral of their friend Ishiro Honda. After making tenuous eye contact, they tearfully embraced one another, ending nearly three decades of mutual avoidance. They never collaborated again, however, nor did they have a chance to restore their friendship fully. Both died within the next five years. This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Ishirō Honda (本多 猪四郎 Honda Ishirō, May 7, 1911 in Yamagata Prefecture - February 28, 1993) was a Japanese film director. ...

In 1992, Mifune began suffering from a serious health problem, the exact nature of which is not fully known. It has been variously suggested that he destroyed his health with overwork, suffered a heart attack, or experienced a stroke. For whatever reason, he abruptly retreated from public life and remained largely confined to his home, cared for by his ex-wife Sachiko. When she succumbed to pancreatic cancer in 1995, Mifune's physical and mental state began to decline rapidly. Acute myocardial infarction (AMI or MI), commonly known as a heart attack, is a disease state that occurs when the blood supply to a part of the heart is interrupted. ... A stroke, also known as cerebrovascular accident (CVA),[1] is an acute neurological injury in which the blood supply to a part of the brain is interrupted. ... Pancreatic cancer (also called cancer of the pancreas) is a malignant tumour within the pancreatic gland. ...

He died in Mitaka, Japan, of multiple organ failure at the age of 77. The Studio Ghibli Museum, in Mitaka, Tokyo Mitaka (三鷹市; -shi) is a city located in Tokyo, Japan. ...

Filmography

Toshiro Mifune with Machiko Kyo in Rashomon (1950).

Due to variations in translation from the Japanese and other factors, there are multiple titles to many of Mifune's films (see IMDB link). The titles shown here are the most common titles used in the United States. Actor Toshiro Mifune. ... Actor Toshiro Mifune. ... Machiko Kyo Machiko Kyō (京マチ子 Kyō Machiko) (born March 25, 1924 in Osaka) was a Japanese actress who worked primarily during the 1950s. ...

• 1947 Snow Trail - directed by Senkichi Taniguchi
• 1947 These Foolish Times - Parts 1 & 2 - directed by Kajiro Yamamoto
• 1948 Drunken Angel - directed by Akira Kurosawa
• 1949 The Quiet Duel - directed by Akira Kurosawa
• 1949 Jakoman and Tetsu - directed by Senkichi Taniguchi
• 1949 Stray Dog - directed by Akira Kurosawa
• 1950 Escape at Dawn - directed by Senkichi Taniguchi
• 1950 Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka - Directed by Mikio Naruse
• 1950 Scandal - directed by Akira Kurosawa
• 1950 Engagement Ring - directed by Keisuke Kinoshita
• 1950 Rashomon - directed by Akira Kurosawa
• 1951 Beyond Love and Hate - directed by Senkichi Taniguchi
• 1951 Elegy - directed by Kajiro Yamamoto
• 1951 The Idiot - directed by Akira Kurosawa
• 1951 Pirates - directed by Hiroshi Inagaki
• 1951 Meeting of the Ghost Après-Guerre - directed by Kiyoshi Saeki
• 1951 Conclusion of Kojiro Sasaki-Duel at Ganryu Island directed by Hiroshi Inagaki - This was the first, but not the last, time that Mifune played Musashi Miyamoto
• 1951 The Life of a Horsetrader - directed by Keigo Kimura
• 1951 Who Knows a Woman's Heart - directed by Kajiro Yamamoto
• 1952 Vendetta for a Samurai - directed by Kazuo Mori
• 1952 Foghorn - directed by Senkichi Taniguchi
• 1952 The Life of Oharu - directed by Kenji Mizoguchi
• 1952 Jewels in our Hearts - directed by Yasuke Chiba
• 1952 Swift Current - directed by Senkichi Taniguchi
• 1952 The Man Who Came to Port - directed by Ishiro Honda
• 1953 My Wonderful Yellow Car - directed by Senkichi Taniguchi
• 1953 The Last Embrace - directed by Masahiro Makino
• 1953 Love in a Teacup - directed by Yasuke Chiba
• 1953 The Eagle of the Pacific - directed by Ishiro Honda
• 1954 Seven Samurai - directed by Akira Kurosawa
• 1954-56 Samurai Trilogy - directed by Hiroshi Inagaki
  • 1954 Musashi Miyamoto
  • 1955 Duel at Ichijoji Temple
  • 1956 Duel at Ganryu Island
• 1954 The Sound of Waves - directed by Senkichi Taniguchi
• 1954 The Black Fury - directed by Toshio Sugie
• 1955 A Man Among Men - directed by Kajiro Yamamoto
• 1955 All is Well - Part 1 & 2 - directed by Toshio Sugie
• 1955 No Time for Tears - directed by Seiji Maruyama
• 1955 Record of a Living Being aka I Live in Fear - directed by Akira Kurosawa
• 1956 Rainy Night Duel - directed by Senkichi Taniguchi
• 1956 The Underworld - directed by Kajiro Yamamoto
• 1956 Settlement of Love - directed by Shin Saburi
• 1956 A Wife's Heart - directed by Mikio Naruse
• 1956 Scoundrel - directed by Nabuo Aoyagi
• 1956 Rebels on the High Seas - directed by Hiroshi Inagaki
• 1957 Throne of Blood aka Spider Web Castle - directed by Akira Kurosawa
• 1957 A Man in the Storm - directed by Senkichi Taniguchi
• 1957 Be Happy These Two Lovers - directed by Ishiro Honda
• 1957 Yagyu Secret Scrolls - part 1 - directed by Hiroshi Inagaki
• 1957 A Dangerous Hero - directed by Hideo Suzuki
• 1957 The Lower Depths - directed by Akira Kurosawa
• 1957 Downtown - directed by Yasuki Chiba
• 1958 Yagyu Secret Scrolls - part 2 - directed by Hiroshi Inagaki
• 1958 Tokyo Holiday - directed by Kajiro Yamamoto
• 1958 Muhomatsu, The Rikshaw Man - directed by Hiroshi Inagaki
• 1958 The Happy Pilgrimage - directed by Yasuki Chiba
• 1958 All About Marriage - uncredited cameo - directed by Kihachi Okamoto
• 1958 Theater of Life - directed by Toshio Sugie
• 1958 The Hidden Fortress - directed by Akira Kurosawa
• 1959 Boss of the Underworld - directed by Kihachi Okamoto
• 1959 Samurai Saga - directed by Hiroshi Inagaki
• 1959 The Saga of the Vagabonds - directed by Toshio Sugie
• 1959 Desperado Outpost - directed by Kihachi Okamoto
• 1959 The Birth of Japan - directed by Hiroshi Inagaki
• 1960 The Last Gunfight - directed by Kihachi Okamoto
• 1960 The Gambling Samurai - directed by Senkichi Taniguchi
• 1960 The Storm of the Pacific - directed by Shue Matsubayashi
• 1960 Man Against Man - directed by Senkichi Taniguchi
• 1960 The Bad Sleep Well - directed by Akira Kurosawa
• 1960 The Masterless 47 - part 1 - directed by Toshio Sugie
• 1961 The Story of Osaka Castle - directed by Hiroshi Inagaki
• 1961 The Masterless 47 - part 2 - directed by Toshio Sugie
• 1961 Yojimbo aka The Bodyguard - directed by Akira Kurosawa
• 1961 The Youth and his Amulet - directed by Hiroshi Inagaki
• 1962 Ánimas Trujano aka The Important Man - directed by Ismael Rodríguez
• 1962 Sanjuro - directed by Akira Kurosawa
• 1962 Tatsu - directed by Hiroshi Inagaki
• 1962 Chushingura - directed by Hiroshi Inagaki
• 1963 Wings over the Pacific - directed by Shue Matsubayashi
• 1963 High and Low aka Heaven and Hell - directed by Akira Kurosawa
• 1963 Legacy of the 500,000 - directed by Toshiro Mifune
• 1963 The Great Thief - directed by Senkichi Taniguchi
• 1964 Whirlwind - directed by Hiroshi Inagaki
• 1965 Samurai Assassin aka Samurai - directed by Kihachi Okamoto
• 1965 Red Beard - directed by Akira Kurosawa
• 1965 Sanshiro Sugata - directed by Seiichiro Uchikiro - this is a remake of Kurosawa's films Sanshiro Sugata and Sanshiro Sugata part 2
• 1965 Retreat from Kiska - directed by Seiji Maruyama
• 1965 Fort Graveyard - directed by Kihachi Okamoto
• 1966 Wild Goemon - directed by Hiroshi Inagaki
• 1966 The Sword of Doom - directed by Kihachi Okamoto
• 1966 The Adventure of Kigan Castle - directed by Senkichi Taniguchi
• 1966 The Mad Atlantic - directed by Jun Fukuda
• 1966 Grand Prix - directed by John Frankenheimer - This was Mifune's first English language film - He was learning English phonetically - It is reported that his voice was used at the premiere - All versions of the film after that are dubbed by Paul Frees, except for the scenes where he is speaking Japanese where his voice is used.
• 1967 Samurai Rebellion - directed by Masaki Kobayashi
• 1967 The Longest Day of Japan - directed by Kihachi Okamoto
• 1968 The Sands of Kurobe - directed by Kei Kumai
• 1968 Admiral Yamamoto - directed by Eiji Tsuburaya
• 1968 Gion Festival - directed by Daisuke Ito and Tetsuya Yamanouchi
• 1968 Hell in the Pacific - directed by John Boorman - This was filmed with different endings for the U.S. and Japanese releases. Both are available on current video releases.
• 1969 Samurai Banners - directed by Hiroshi Inagaki
• 1969 5,000 Kilometers to Glory - directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara
• 1969 Battle of the Japan Sea - directed by Seiji Maruyama
• 1969 Red Lion - directed by Kihachi Okamoto
• 1969 Band of Assassins - directed by Tadashi Sawashima
• 1970 Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo - directed by Kihachi Okamoto
• 1970 The Ambitious - directed by Daisuke Ito
• 1970 Incident at Blood Pass - directed by Hiroshi Inigaki
• 1970 The Walking Majo - directed by Koji Senno, Nobuaki Shirai and Keith Eric Burt
• 1970 The Militarists - directed by Hiromichi Horikawa
• 1971 Red Sun - directed by Terence Young - not released in the U.S. until 1972
• 1975 Paper Tiger - directed by Ken Annakin
• 1975 Midway - directed by Jack Smight
• 1977 Proof of the Man - directed by Junya Sato
• 1977 Japanese Godfather: Ambition - directed by Sadao Nakajima
• 1977 Intrigue of the Yagyu Clan - directed by Kinji Fukasaku
• 1978 Dog Flute - directed by Sadao Nakajima
• 1978 Lady Ogin - directed by Kei Kajima
• 1978 Japanese Godfather: Conclusion - directed by Sadao Nakajima
• 1978 The Fall of Ako Castle - directed by Kinji Fukasaku
• 1978 Lord Incognito - directed by Tetsuya Yamauchi
• 1979 Winter Kills - directed by William Richart
• 1979 The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi - directed by Nobuhiku Kobayashi
• 1979 Secret Detective Investigation-Net in Big Edo - directed by Akinori Matsuo
• 1979 1941 - directed by Steven Spielberg
• 1981 The Bushido Blade - directed by Tsugunobu Kotani
• 1981 Port Arthur - directed by Toshio Masuda
• 1981 Shogun - directed by Jerry London - this was shown on television in the U.S. and as a theatrical version in the rest of the world
• 1981 Inchon! - directed by Terence Young
• 1982 The Challenge - directed by John Frankenheimer
• 1983 Conquest - directed by Sadao Nakajima
• 1983 Theater of Life - directed by Sadao Nakajima, Junya Sato and Kinji Fukasaku
• 1983 Battle Anthem - directed by Toshio Masuda
• 1984 The miracle of Joe the Petrel - directed by Toshiya Fujita
• 1985 Legend of the Holy Woman - directed by Toru Murakawa
• 1986 Song of Genkai Tsurezure - directed by Masanobu Deme
• 1987 Shatterer - directed by Tonino Valerii
• 1987 Tora-san Goes North - directed by Yoji Yamada
• 1987 Princess from the Moon - directed by Kon Ichikawa
• 1989 Demons in Spring - directed by Akira Kobayashi
• 1989 Death of a Tea Master - directed by Kei Kumai
• 1989 cf Girl - directed by Izo Hashimoto
• 1991 Strawberry Road - directed by Koreyoshi Kurihara
• 1992 Helmet - directed by Gordon Hessler
• 1992 Shadow of the Wolf - directed by Jacques Dorfman
• 1994 Picture Bride - directed by Kayo Hatta
• 1995 Deep River - directed by Kei Kumai

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Television Appearances

All shows aired in Japan except for Shogun which aired in the U.S.

• 1968 The Masterless Samurai - 6 one hour episodes
• 1971 Epic Chushingura - 52 one hour episodes
• 1972 Ronin of the Wilderness - 104 one hour episodes
• 1973 Yojimbo of the Wilderness - 5 one hour episodes
• 1976 The Sword, The Wind and the Lullaby - 27 one hour episodes
• 1977 Ronin in a Lawless Town - 23 one hour episodes
• 1978 The Spy Appears - 5 one hour episodes
• 1978 An Eagle in Edo - 38 one hour episodes
• 1979 Hideout in a Suite - 11 one hour episodes
• 1980 Shogun - parts 1 & 5 159 minutes parts 2-4 93 minutes
• 1981 Sekigahara - one seven hour episode
• 1981 Bungo's Detective Notes - 3 one hour episodes
• 1981 The Ten Battles of Shingo - 2 one hour episodes
• 1981 My Daughter! Fly on the Wings of Love and Tears - 1 two hour episode
• 1981 The Crescent Shaped Wilderness - 1 two hour episode
• 1982 The Ronin's Path - 5 two hour episodes
• 1982 The Happy Yellow Handkerchief - 1 two hour episode
• 1983 The Brave Man Says Little - 1 eight hour episode
• 1983 The Ronin's Path vol. 5 - 1 one hour episode
• 1983 Ronin-Secret of the Wilderness Valley - 1 one hour episode
• 1984 Soshi Okita, Burning Corpse of a Sword Master - 1 one hour episode
• 1984 The Burning Mountain River - 51 episodes

Shogun is an Japanese- United States miniseries based on the namesake novel by James Clavell. ... The Battle of Sekigahara was a decisive battle on September 15, 1600 (on the ancient Chinese calendar, October 21 on the modern calendar) that cleared the path to the Shogunate for Tokugawa Ieyasu. ...

Further reading

• Galbraith, Stuart, IV (2002). The Emperor and the Wolf: The Lives and Films of Akira Kurosawa and Toshiro Mifune. Faber & Faber. ISBN 0-571-19982-8. 

External links

English:

• Toshiro Mifune - Tribute Site
• Toshiro Mifune: Biographical details and selected filmography at the British Film Institute
• Toshiro Mifune at the Internet Movie Database

Japanese: The British Film Institute (BFI) is a charitable organisation established by Royal Charter to encourage the development of the arts of film, television and the moving image throughout the United Kingdom, to promote their use as a record of contemporary life and manners, to promote education about film, television and... The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) is an online database of information about movies, actors, television shows, production crew personnel, and video games. ...

• 三船敏郎公式ページ - Official Toshiro Mifune Website
• Toshiro Mifune at the Japanese Movie Database