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Mar 17, 2017 · The heroes played by Mifune are masterless samurai (Yojimbo, Tsubaki Sanjūrō/Sanjuro, Akira Kurosawa, 1962) or would-be samurai (Seven Samurai). The amoral opportunist that Mifune plays in Yojimbo challenges the codes of bushidō (the way of the samurai) and the very ideal of the tateyaku through self-knowledge, which creates an ironic ...
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He often portrayed samurai or rōnin who were 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.
YearTitleRoleDirector1947Ejima(江島)Senkichi Taniguchi(谷口 千吉)1947These Foolish Times(新馬鹿時代 ...Genzaburō Ōno(大野源三郎)Kajirō Yamamoto(山本 嘉次郎)1947These Foolish Times Part 2(新馬鹿時代 ...Genzaburō Ōno(大野源三郎)Kajirō Yamamoto(山本 嘉次郎)1948Drunken Angel(醉いどれ天使)Matsunaga(松永)Akira Kurosawa(黒澤明)Nov 25, 2016 · Over the course of his legendary acting career, Toshiro Mifune was a samurai, a stray dog, and a shoe tycoon. He was a muse for one of the greatest filmmakers of the 20th Century, a beacon for...
Apr 3, 2020 · For most of the past century, when people thought of a Japanese man, they saw Toshiro Mifune. A samurai, in the world’s eyes, has Mifune’s fast wrists, his scruff, his sidelong squint.
Feb 11, 2022 · As a contract player for the Toho studios, Mifune never stopped working — according to “The Last Samurai,” at the peak of his career he appeared in 27 movies in a four-year period.
Mifune: The Last Samurai, also known as Mifune, is a 2015 biographical documentary directed and co-written by Steven Okazaki. It chronicles the life of Toshiro Mifune, a Japanese actor and international star most noted for playing samurai characters in films by Akira Kurosawa. [1]
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Sep 30, 2021 · As the peasant’s son masquerading as a samurai, Mifune brings wit, energy and unpredictability to a tripartite narrative structure whose blend of folksy drama and combustible violence owes much to the westerns of John Ford.
