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Toshiro Mifune (三船 敏郎, Mifune Toshirō, April 1, 1920 – December 24, 1997) was a Japanese actor and producer. A winner of numerous awards and accolades over a lengthy career, [1] [2] Mifune is best known for starring in Akira Kurosawa 's critically acclaimed jidaigeki films such as Rashomon (1950), Seven Samurai (1954), Throne of ...
Actor: Yojimbo. Toshiro Mifune achieved more worldwide fame than any other Japanese actor of his century. He was born in Tsingtao, China, to Japanese parents and grew up in Dalian. He did not set foot in Japan until he was 21.
Nov 28, 2022 · Toshiro Mifune passed away 25 years ago this December (2022). He was the first non-white superstar of global cinema, the first actor to play a yakuza (in the 1948 Kurosawa movie Drunken Angel), the precursor of Clint Eastwood's "man with no name," and every other cool existential loner via his role in Yojimbo (1961, Akira Kurosawa).
Mifune Toshirō (1920–1997) is considered to be one of Japan’s most iconic actors of all time. He collaborated with some of Japan’s greatest film directors such as Naruse Mikio and Mizoguchi Kenji.
Mar 17, 2017 · The son of Japanese expatriates in Manchuria, he was drafted into the Imperial Japanese Army in 1939, tried to escape postwar poverty and, unable to find a work as a photographer or cameraman, participated in Tōhō’s “New Face” contest.
Actor: Yojimbo. Toshiro Mifune achieved more worldwide fame than any other Japanese actor of his century. He was born in Tsingtao, China, to Japanese parents and grew up in Dalian. He did not set foot in Japan until he was 21.
Aug 4, 2023 · In this month's Spotlight article, we're looking back at the life of Toshiro Mifune, the man widely regarded as Japan's greatest ever actor.
