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Toshirō Mifune
Actor, Producer
Died December 24, 1997 (77 years)
Toshiro Mifune was a Japanese actor who appeared in almost 170 feature films. He is best known for his 16-film collaboration with filmmaker Akira Kurosawa, from 1948 to 1965, in works such as Rashomon, Seven Samurai, Throne of Blood, and Yojimbo. He is also popular for portraying Musashi Miyamoto in Hiroshi Inagaki's Samurai Trilogy.
Filmography
| 1994 | Picture Bride · as The Benshi |
| 1992 | Shadow of the Wolf · as Kroomak |
| 1991 | Journey of Honor · as Lord Ieyasu |
| 1989 | Death of a Tea Master · as Rikyu Sen-no |
| 1987 | Princess from the Moon · as Taketori-no-Miyatsuko |
| 1987 | Tora-san Goes North · as Junkichi Ueno |
| 1986 | The Ballad of the Sea of Genkai · as Unknown |
| 1984 | Bye Bye Jupiter · as Samurai on TV |
| 1984 | The Miracle of Umitsubame Joe · as Fisherman |
| 1983 | Battle Anthem · as Admiral Heihachiro Togo |
| 1983 | Theater of Life · as Unknown |
| 1982 | The Challenge · as Toru Yoshida |
| 1982 | Conquest · as Masao Tadokoro |
| 1981 | Inchon · as Saito-San |
| 1981 | The Bushido Blade · as Shogun's Commander |
| 1980 | The Battle of Port Arthur · as Emperor Meiji |
| 1980 | Shogun · as Lord Yoshi Toranaga |
| 1980 | Shogun (TV Series) · as Lord Yoshi Toranaga |
| 1979 | 1941 · as Cmdr. Akiro Mitamura |
| 1979 | The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi · as Kindaichi of 11th generation in "The Woman in the Eye" |
| 1979 | Winter Kills · as Keith |
| 1978 | Yagyu Clan Conspiracy · as Lord of Owari |
| 1978 | The Fall of Ako Castle · as Tsuchiya Michinao |
| 1978 | Nihon no Don: Kanketsuhen · as Kosuke Oishi |
| 1978 | Tono Eijirô no Mito Kômon · as Sakuzaemon Okumura |
| 1977 | Nippon no Don: Yabohen · as Unknown |
| 1977 | Proof of the Man · as Yohei Kori |
| 1976 | Midway · as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto |
| 1975 | Paper Tiger · as Ambassador Kagoyama |
| 1971 | Red Sun · as Kuroda Jubei |
| 1971 | Epic Chushingura (TV Series) · as Oishi Kuranosuke |
| 1970 | Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo · as Yojimbo/Sasa |
| 1970 | Aru heishi no kake · as Kinugasa Tadao |
| 1970 | The Ambitious · as Shojiro Goto |
| 1970 | The Militarists · as Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto |
| 1969 | Samurai Banners · as Kansuke Yamamoto |
| 1969 | Red Lion · as Gonzo |
| 1969 | Battle of the Japan Sea · as Admiral Heihachiro Togo |
| 1969 | Safari 5000 · as Unknown |
| 1969 | Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor · as Isami Kondo |
| 1968 | Hell in the Pacific · as Captain Tsuruhiko Kuroda |
| 1968 | The Sands of Kurobe · as Kitagawa |
| 1968 | Admiral Yamamoto · as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto |
| 1967 | Samurai Rebellion · as Isaburo Sasahara |
| 1967 | Japan's Longest Day · as War Minister General Korechika Anami |
| 1966 | The Sword of Doom · as Toranosuke Shimada |
| 1966 | Grand Prix · as Izo Yamura |
| 1966 | Adventure in Kigan Castle · as Osami |
| 1965 | Red Beard · as Dr. Kyojio Niide ("Red Beard") |
| 1965 | Samurai Assassin · as Tsuruchiyo Niiro |
| 1965 | Fort Graveyard · as Sergeant Kosugi |
| 1965 | Sanshiro Sugata · as Shogoro Yano |
| 1965 | Taiheiyô kiseki no sakusen: Kisuka · as Omura |
| 1964 | Shikonmado - Dai tatsumaki · as Lord Akashi |
| 1963 | The Lost World of Sinbad · as Sukezaemon Naya, aka 'Luzon' [Sinbad, in US version] |
| 1963 | Attack Squadron! · as Lt. Colonel Senda |
| 1963 | High and Low · as Kingo Gondo |
| 1962 | Chushingura · as Genba Tawaraboshi |
| 1962 | Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong · as Zhang Zhizhang |
| 1962 | Sanjuro · as Sanjûrô Tsubaki / The ronin |
| 1961 | Yojimbo · as Sanjuro Kuwabatake / The Samurai |
| 1961 | Ánimas Trujano (El hombre importante) · as Ánimas Trujano |
| 1961 | Daredevil in the Castle · as Mohei |
| 1961 | The Youth and His Amulet · as Fudo-Myo (Immovable Bright King) |
| 1961 | Zoku sararîman Chûshingura · as Unknown |
| 1960 | The Bad Sleep Well · as Kôichi Nishi |
| 1960 | Hawai Middowei daikaikûsen: Taiheiyô no arashi · as Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi |
| 1960 | The Last Gunfight · as Detective Saburo Fujioka |
| 1960 | Sararîman Chûshingura · as Kazuo Momoi |
| 1959 | Dokuritsu gurentai · as Battalion Commander |
| 1959 | The Big Boss · as Kashimura |
| 1959 | Samurai Saga · as Heihachiro Komaki |
| 1959 | The Three Treasures · as Prince Yamato Takeru |
| 1958 | The Rickshaw Man · as Matsugoro |
| 1958 | The Hidden Fortress · as Rokurota Makabe |
| 1958 | All About Marriage · as Acting teacher |
| 1957 | Throne of Blood · as Taketori Washizu |
| 1957 | The Lower Depths · as Sutekichi the Thief |
| 1957 | Yagyû bugeichô · as Tasaburo |
| 1956 | Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island · as Musashi Miyamoto |
| 1956 | The Underworld · as Unknown |
| 1955 | Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple · as Musashi Miyamoto |
| 1955 | I Live in Fear · as Kiichi Nakajima |
| 1954 | Seven Samurai · as Kikuchiyo |
| 1954 | Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto · as Musashi Miyamoto |
| 1954 | Shiosai · as Skipper of the Utashima-maru |
| 1953 | Taiheiyô no washi · as 1st Lieutenant Tomonaga |
| 1952 | The Life of Oharu · as Katsunosuke |
| 1952 | Vendetta of a Samurai · as Mataemon Araki |
| 1951 | The Idiot · as Denkichi Akama |
| 1950 | |
| 1950 | Wedding Ring · as Takeshi Ema |
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| 1949 | The Quiet Duel · as Dr. Kyoji Fujisaki |
| 1948 | Drunken Angel · as Matsunaga |
| 1947 | Snow Trail · as Eijima |