Toshirō Mifune

Born: 1920-04-02

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 Kurosawa include "Rashomon" (1950), "Seven Samurai" (1954), "Yojimbo" (1961), and "The Hidden Fortress" (1958), which inspired George Lucas's "Star Wars." Apart from his work with Kurosawa, Mifune appeared in numerous other films, showcasing his versatility as an actor. He played roles in various genres, including dramas, comedies, and war films. Some of his other notable films include "The Throne of Blood" (1957), "High and Low" (1963), and "Red Beard" (1965). Mifune's charismatic presence, powerful performances, and ability to convey complex emotions made him an iconic figure in Japanese cinema. He received international recognition and awards for his contributions to the film industry, including several honors at the Venice Film Festival and a lifetime achievement award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.


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Seven Samurai

as Kikuchiyo
Released: 1954-04-26

A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town...

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Midway

as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
Released: 1976-06-18

This war drama depicts the U.S. and Japanese forces in the naval Battle of Midway, which became...

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Yojimbo

as Sanjuro Kuwabatake / The Samurai
Released: 1961-04-25

A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two...

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Rashomon

as Tajômaru
Released: 1950-08-26

Brimming with action while incisively examining the nature of truth, "Rashomon" is perhaps the...

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Grand Prix

as Izō Yamura
Released: 1966-12-21

The most daring drivers in the world have gathered to compete for the 1966 Formula One...

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Stray Dog

as Det. Murakami
Released: 1949-10-17

A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot,...

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Red Beard

as Dr. Kyojio Niide ("Red Beard")
Released: 1965-04-03

Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is...

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The Hidden Fortress

as General Rokurota Makabe
Released: 1958-12-28

In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers...

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Sanjuro

as Sanjûrô Tsubaki / The ronin
Released: 1962-01-01

Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa's tightly paced,...

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1941

as Cmdr. Akiro Mitamura
Released: 1979-12-14

In the days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, panic grips California, where a military officer...

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High and Low

as Kingo Gondo
Released: 1963-03-01

In the midst of an attempt to take over his company, a powerhouse executive is hit with a huge...

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Red Sun

as Kuroda Jubei
Released: 1971-09-15

In 1870, Japanese ambassador Sakaguchi and his entourage travel by train to Washington to...

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The Sword of Doom

as Toranosuke Shimada
Released: 1966-02-25

Ryunosuke, a gifted swordsman plying his trade during the turbulent final days of Shogunate...

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Throne of Blood

as Taketori Washizu
Released: 1957-01-15

Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who...

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Drunken Angel

as Matsunaga
Released: 1948-04-27

Doctor Sanada treats gangster Matsunaga after he is wounded in a gunfight, and discovers that he...

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The Life of Oharu

as Katsunosuke
Released: 1952-04-17

In Edo Period Japan, a noblewoman's banishment for her love affair with a lowly page signals the...

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The Idiot

as Denkichi Akama
Released: 1951-05-23

Kameda, who has been in an asylum on Okinawa, travels to Hokkaido. There he becomes involved...

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I Live in Fear

as Kiichi Nakajima
Released: 1955-11-22

Kiichi Nakajima, an elderly foundry owner, is convinced that Japan will be affected by an...

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Samurai Rebellion

as Isaburo Sasahara
Released: 1967-05-27

The mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped away from her husband by the lord. The...

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Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto

as Musashi Miyamoto a.k.a. Takezo
Released: 1954-09-25

Struggling to elevate himself from his low caste in 17th century Japan, Miyamoto trains to...

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The Bad Sleep Well

as Kôichi Nishi
Released: 1960-09-19

In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position...

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Hell in the Pacific

as Captain Tsuruhiko Kuroda
Released: 1968-12-19

During World War II, a shot-down American pilot and a marooned Japanese navy captain find...

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The Lower Depths

as Sutekichi the Thief
Released: 1957-10-01

Residents of a rundown boardinghouse in 19th-century Japan, including a mysterious old man and...

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The Challenge

as Toru Yoshida
Released: 1982-07-23

Rick, a down-and-out American boxer, is hired to transport a sword to Japan, unaware that the...

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Incident at Blood Pass

as Yojimbo
Released: 1970-04-21

In the Edo period, a nameless ronin accepts an assignment to go to a mountain pass and wait....

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Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

as Musashi Miyamoto a.k.a. Takezo
Released: 1956-01-03

A humble and simple Takezo abandons his life as a knight errant. He's sought as a teacher and...

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Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple

as Musashi Miyamoto a.k.a. Takezo
Released: 1955-07-12

After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan's greatest fencer, Takezo returns...

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The Quiet Duel

as Dr. Kyoji Fujisaki
Released: 1949-03-19

A young idealistic doctor works at his father's clinic in a small and seedy district. During the...

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Shadow of the Wolf

as Kroomak
Released: 1992-03-05

In the 1930s, Agaguk lives his traditional Inuit life. But one day, there is a murder in the...

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47 Ronin

as Genba Tawaraboshi
Released: 1962-11-03

After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await...

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Samurai Assassin

as Tsuruchiyo Niiro
Released: 1965-01-03

Japan, 1860. The men of the Mito clan, victims of the Ansei purge, anxiously prowl around the...

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Scandal

as Ichirô Aoye
Released: 1950-04-26

A celebrity photograph sparks a court case as a tabloid magazine spins a scandalous yarn over a...

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Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo

as Yojimbo/Sasa
Released: 1970-01-15

With a price on his head, Ichi seeks tranquillity in a favorite village. Since his last visit,...

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Japan's Longest Day

as War Minister General Korechika Anami
Released: 1967-08-03

Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military...

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The Storm of the Pacific

as Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi
Released: 1960-04-26

Lt. Koji Kitami is a navigator-bombardier in Japan's Naval Air Force. He participates in the...

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The Fall of Ako Castle

as Tsuchiya Michinao
Released: 1978-10-28

This is the story of "The Forty-Seven Ronin." Based on historical events in 1701-2, the movie...

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Doburoku no Tatsu

as Tatsu
Released: 1962-04-29

1962 Japanese movie

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Snow Trail

as Eijima
Released: 1947-08-05

Three bank robbers, Eijima, Nojiri, and Takasugi, flee the police and escape into the mountains....

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The Sands of Kurobe

as Kitagawa
Released: 1968-03-01

Kitagawa is an engineer charged with construction of a gigantic tunnel through the Japan Alps...

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A Wife's Heart

as Kenkichi
Released: 1956-05-03

Kiyoko (Takamine Hideko) and her husband want to open a coffee shop. She becomes increasingly...

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Samurai Banners

as Kansuke Yamamoto
Released: 1969-03-01

Kansuke Yamamoto is a samurai who dreams of a country united, peaceful from sea to sea. He...

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Shogun's Samurai

as Yoshinao Tokugawa
Released: 1978-01-21

Following the death of the second Tokugawa shogun, it is revealed that he was poisoned by...

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Red Lion

as Gonzo
Released: 1969-10-10

Japan, February 1868. As the Tokugawa shogunate declines and the power of Emperor Meiji grows,...

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Battle of the Japan Sea

as Admiral Heihachiro Togo
Released: 1969-08-01

Japan and Russia clash in what comes to be known as the Russo-Japanese War. An attempt by the...

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Adventure in Kigan Castle

as Osami
Released: 1966-04-28

Osami, a soldier-of-fortune from Japan, joins with priest Ensai in a quest for the ashes of the...

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Proof of the Man

as Yohei Kori
Released: 1977-10-08

When an American is murdered in a Japanese inn, Tokyo police detective Munesue follows the trail...

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The Three Treasures

as Prince Yamato Takeru
Released: 1959-11-01

The legend of the birth of Shintoism. In Fourth Century Japan, the Emperor's son Ouso expects to...

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Mifune: The Last Samurai

as Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
Released: 2016-12-02

An account of the life and work of legendary Japanese actor Toshirō Mifune (1920-97), the most...

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Japanese Godfather: Ambition

as Kosuke Oishi
Released: 1977-10-29

An ambitious Kansai yakuza don moves in on Tokyo using financial and political tactics, sparking...

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Admiral Yamamoto

as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
Released: 1968-08-14

As Japan joins in a political pact with Nazi Germany and fascist Italy, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto...

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Tora-san Goes North

as Junkichi Ueno
Released: 1987-08-15

When his travels take him to rural Hokkaido, Tora-san helps a cantankerous old veterinarian...

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Winter Kills

as Keith
Released: 1979-05-11

The younger brother of an assassinated US President is led down a rabbit hole of conspiracies...

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Death of a Tea Master

as Rikyu Sen-no
Released: 1989-10-07

Years after the death of legendary tea master Rikyu, his disciple Honkakubo attempts to resolve...

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Shag

as Captain Takeo Murata
Released: 1978-03-31

Shiro Akitsu goes on a relentless search for his abducted 7-year-old daughter, with the aid of...

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Samurai Saga

as Heihachiro Komaki
Released: 1959-04-28

Edmund Rostand's play Cyrano de Bergerac, transplanted to Japan. A poet-warrior with an...

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Vendetta of a Samurai

as Mataemon Araki
Released: 1952-01-03

The famous showdown at Kagiya corner has been told many times, but never before with the realism...

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My Wonderful Yellow Car

as Matsumura
Released: 1953-01-15

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Port Arthur

as Emperor Meiji
Released: 1980-08-02

Depicts the bloody siege of the fortress of Port Arthur, one of the most strongly fortified...

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Samurai Pirate

as Sukezaemon Naya, aka 'Luzon' [Sinbad, in US version]
Released: 1963-10-26

An adventurous and daring sailor sets sail to the castle of an ailing king to stop an evil...

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The Important Man

as Ánimas Trujano
Released: 1961-11-03

Animas Trujano is a colorful but irresponsible Indian in a small Mexican village. He hopes above...

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Safari 5000

as Yūichirō Takase
Released: 1969-07-19

A Japanese racing driver for Nissan named Godai (Yujiro Ishihara) have a rivalry with a French...

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Good Luck to These Two

as Toshio Maruyama
Released: 1957-02-19

A young man and woman are determined to marry despite opposition from her parents.

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Love and Faith

as Taiko Hideyoshi
Released: 1978-06-03

Sen Rikyu is a ceremonial tea master who advises warlord Hideyoshi in sixteenth-century feudal...

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Princess from the Moon

as Taketori-no-Miyatsuko
Released: 1987-09-26

Two poor, married farmers have recently lost their only child; after a freak visitation, they...

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Paper Tiger

as Ambassador Kagoyama
Released: 1975-11-05

A somewhat prim and proper Englishman is hired as the tutor to the son of the Japanese...

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Sanshiro Sugata

as Shogoro Yano
Released: 1965-05-29

Remake of Kurosawa's films Sanshiro Sugata and Sanshiro Sugata part 2. A young man, Sanshiro...

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Battle Anthem

as Admiral Heihachiro Togo
Released: 1983-06-04

The story of Japan's victory in the battle of Tsushima Strait.

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The Rickshaw Man

as Matsugorō Tomishima
Released: 1958-04-21

A poor rickshaw driver finds himself helping a young woman and her son after the woman's husband...

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The Militarists

as Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto
Released: 1970-09-11

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Charles Bronson: The Spirit of Masculinity

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2020-11-29

With his grizzled moustache and chiselled features, Charles Bronson is the embodiment of a...

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The Miracle of Joe, the Petrel

as Fisherman
Released: 1984-04-28

In Okinawa, a Japanese-Filipino gangster named Joe kills an Okinawan mobster. Joe temporarily...

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Desperado Outpost

as Battalion Commander
Released: 1959-10-06

When Sergeant Okubo's brother is murdered at a Japanese outpost in Northern China during the...

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The Bushido Blade

as Shogun's Commander
Released: 1981-06-19

A steel samurai blade that was to be given to the American ambassador by the Emperor of Japan is...

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Attack Squadron

as Lt. Colonel Senda
Released: 1963-01-03

Lt. Col. Senda resists the idea of sending Japanese fighter pilots on suicide missions. He...

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The Masterless 47

as Kazuo Momoi
Released: 1960-12-25

Part one of The Masterless 47.

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The Demon Comes in Spring

as Kukkune no jî
Released: 1989-04-15

Island villagers find a young woman and young man swept ashore near their remote village in...

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Inchon

as Saito-San
Released: 1981-05-04

Gen. Douglas MacArthur leads a Korean War campaign, and the war tests a married couple's...

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Sword for Hire

as Sasa Hayatenosuke
Released: 1952-05-22

Soldiers Hayate and Yaheiji secretly escape from their besieged castle. Hayate has left behind...

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Picture Bride

as The Benshi
Released: 1995-05-05

Riyo, an orphaned 17-year old, sails from Yokohama to Hawaii in 1918 to marry Matsuji, a man she...

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Journey of Honor

as Ieyasu Tokugawa
Released: 1991-04-27

The son of a besieged Shogun in war-torn 17th century Japan travels to Spain to buy weaponry...

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Swift Current

as Shunsuke Kosugi
Released: 1952-10-23

The film follows a young civil engineer, played by Toshiro Mifune, who is assigned to the Tase...

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Legacy of the 500,000

as Takeichi Matsuo
Released: 1963-04-18

During World War II, Japan sends gold to the Phillipines. After the war, the gold is lost in the...

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Daredevil in the Castle

as Mohei
Released: 1961-01-03

During the raging war between the Toyotomi and Tokugawa clans, the swordsman Mohei (whose family...

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Yaji and Kita on the Road

as Toshinoshin Taya
Released: 1958-04-29

Two residents of Edo city Yaji and Kita make a journey to the temple of Ise, as part of a...

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A Man in the Storm

as Saburō Watari
Released: 1957-02-05

Judo expert Saburô Watari fights his judo master, Tsujido, while simultaneously in conflict with...

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A Holiday in Tokyo

as Tenkai's nephew Jirō
Released: 1958-04-15

May Kawaguchi is a famous Japanese fashion designer. Returning to Tokyo from her home in New...

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Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II

as Tasaburo
Released: 1958-01-03

In the Tokugawa Era, the clan of Lord Yagyu has hidden away three scrolls containing clan...

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The Gambling Samurai

as Kunisada Chuji
Released: 1960-03-28

Chuji Kunisada returns to his home village to find that Jubei Matsui, the corrupt magistrate,...

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Theater Of Life

as Hyōtarō Aonari
Released: 1983-01-29

Adaptation of Shiro Ozaki's novel.

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The Eagle of the Pacific

as 1st Lieutenant Tomonaga
Released: 1953-10-21

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, a brilliant tactician, is a loyal subject of the emperor, despite his...

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Rainy Night Duel

as Masahiko Koseki
Released: 1956-01-29

Masahiko Koseki, a judo master, gets in several fights as a result of protecting a young woman....

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The Masterless 47 – Part II

as uncredited
Released: 1961-02-25

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Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor

as Isami Kondo
Released: 1969-12-05

Near the end of the nineteenth century, as the balance of power shifts from Shogunate towards...

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The Ballad of the Sea of Genkai

as Kyūbei Matsufuji
Released: 1986-01-15

A young woman's life is turned upside down when her husband suddenly disappears, leaving behind...

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The Last Embrace

as Shinkichi / Hayakawa
Released: 1953-03-11

Yukiko Nogami is rescued during a mountain blizzard by handsome forester Shinkichi, and the two...

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All is Well 2

as Daikichi Risshun
Released: 1955-02-20

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Beyond Love and Hate

as Gorō Sakata
Released: 1951-01-11

A young man, convicted of a crime and imprisoned in the penitentiary, comes to believe that his...

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Settlement of Love

as Shuntarō Ōhira
Released: 1956-03-28

Living in a house that has lost its man to the war a year earlier are the widow and her child....

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The Big Boss

as Kashimura
Released: 1959-01-15

Ryuta and Mineo Komatsu are brothers, both yakuza (gangsters). Mineo, although complicit in...

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Fort Graveyard

as Sergeant Kosugi
Released: 1965-09-18

Charged with insubordination for punching a superior, Sergeant Kosugi is shipped to China in the...

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The Underworld

as Chief Inspector Kumada
Released: 1956-02-26

Yakuza boss Furuya leans more and more on his protege Takao Shoji, though Shoji has become...

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Foghorn

as Chiyokichi
Released: 1952-03-03

A Japanese woman, the mistress of an American, falls in love with her servant.

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Saga of the Vagabonds

as Rokuro Kai
Released: 1959-08-09

Lord Taro must deliver a money chest but is robbed by brigands led by Jibu. One of Jibu's men,...

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Man Against Man

as Kaji
Released: 1960-08-14

Kikumori runs a cabaret on the docks, while his friend Kaji operates transport boats. When a...

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Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong

as Zhang Zhizhang
Released: 1962-06-01

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The Man Who Came to Port

as Gorō Niinuma
Released: 1952-11-27

An Ishiro Honda film.

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Lee Marvin: A Personal Portrait by John Boorman

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1998-01-01

John Boorman met Lee Marvin in London when the latter was making The Dirty Dozen and immediately...

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Deep River

as Tsukada
Released: 1995-04-01

A group of Japanese tourists try to forget their pasts and find themselves in India.

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Elegy

as Prosecutor Daisuke Toki
Released: 1951-02-22

Wataru Naohiko who has the prosecutor general as his father became a young composer and its...

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The Retreat from Kiska

as Omura
Released: 1965-07-04

In 1943, the Aleutian island of Kiska was fortified by a small contingent of Japanese soldiers....

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A Dangerous Hero

as Kawada
Released: 1957-07-30

A film by Hideo Suzuki.

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No Time for Tears

as Mitsuo Yano
Released: 1955-05-10

Coach Shimamura of the hapless Sparrows baseball team is pleased to obtain a hot new pitcher...

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Yagyu Secret Scrolls

as Tasaburō Kasumi
Released: 1957-04-14

In the Tokugawa Era, the clan of Lord Yagyu has hidden away three scrolls containing clan...

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The Walking Major

as Kinugasa Tadao
Released: 1970-06-06

U.S. Army Captain Clark Allen gains attention by walking back and forth, the length of Japan,...

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Kin no tamago: Golden Girl

as uncredited
Released: 1952-05-14

Once an average and seemingly ordinary Tokyo girl, she suddenly finds herself as a TV star owing...

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Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre

as Kenji Kawakami
Released: 1951-08-03

In a small town, according to the homecoming of Professor Ishinaka, the youth culture group was...

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Jakoman and Tetsu

as Tetsu
Released: 1949-07-11

In a village subsisting on it herring fishery, a one-eyed criminal named Jakoman terrorizes the...

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Tokyo Sweetheart

as Kurokawa
Released: 1952-07-15

Following the Second World War, the lives of various people in a poverty-stricken area of Tokyo...

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Kurosawa

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2000-12-24

Documentary on film maker Akira Kurosawa

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The Shatterer

as Murai
Released: 1987-06-13

Following the opening of a Japanese auto factory in Sicily, the head of the company is kidnapped...

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Lowly Ronin 6: Betrayal at Yatate Pass

as Sûrônin Hinoki Sajûrô
Released: 1983-08-05

Accused of being a spy for a rival clan by Nanbu Clan samurai who then attack him, the 'Lowly...

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The Ambitious

as Shojiro Goto
Released: 1970-02-14

The story of Ryoma Sakamoto, considered to be the architect behind the downfall of the Tokugawa...

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No More God, No More Love

as Kōzō Kanzaki
Released: 1985-03-23

Released after seven years in prison, an inveterate thug goes from strength to ruthless strength...

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Wedding Ring

as Takeshi Ema
Released: 1950-07-01

A jewelry store president begins to fall for the doctor treating her husband's illness.

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The Black Fury

as Eiichi Tsuda
Released: 1954-11-30

A narcotics investigator for the harbor police, Eiichi Tsuda, is driven by thoughts of vengeance...

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Domineering

as Masao Tadokoro
Released: 1982-10-29

When the patriarch of Japan's most powerful yakuza family is shot, his wife is left to pick up...

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Down Town

as Yoshio Tsuruishi
Released: 1957-10-29

A woman struggles to raise her young son on her own in postwar Japan, finding companionship with...

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The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi

as Kindaichi of 11th Generation in "The Woman in the Eye"
Released: 1979-07-14

Obayashi's take on the famous Kosuke Kindaichi series, made popular partly thanks to the...

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Pirates

as Tora
Released: 1951-07-13

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Japanese Godfather: Conclusion

as Kosuke Oishi
Released: 1978-09-09

The three-film saga comes to a conclusion as three leaders of the underworld battle it out to...

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The Retired Samurai

as Hikozaemon Ōkubo
Released: 1987-09-10

Japan's greatest jidaigeki star, Mifune Toshiro is Shogun's Advisor Okubo Hikozaemon who must be...

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The Last Gunfight

as Detective Saburo Fujioka
Released: 1960-01-03

Japanese police detective Saburo Fujioka is suspected of corruption, demoted, and sent to the...

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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'

as Self
Released: 2002-10-25

Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one...

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The Mad Atlantic

as Heihachirô Murakami
Released: 1966-07-13

Captain Murakami takes over as skipper of the Azuma Maru, replacing the well-liked former...

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Whirlwind

as Lord Akashi
Released: 1964-07-26

Set at the end of the Siege of Osaka this film follows the exploits of several members of the...

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These Foolish Times

as Genzaburo Onō, Gang Boss
Released: 1947-10-12

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A Man Among Men

as "Buick" Maki
Released: 1955-01-03

Gangsters Ken and Maki are rivals in the ticket-scalping game. They make an uneasy truce, but...

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Rise Against the Sword

as Abare Gōemon
Released: 1966-11-25

Farmer Abare Goemon is confronted by brigand-like samurai. He raises an army of farmers to fight...

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Okita Soji: Swordsman of Fire

as Shūsai Kondō
Released: 1984-02-04

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Theater of Life

as uncredited
Released: 1958-11-23

1958 Theater of Life adaptation.

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Onmitsu Doshin: The Edo Secret Police

as Sadanobu Matsudaira
Released: 1979-12-01

A group of warriors decide to unite to help the oppressed masses. Disguised as ordinary people,...

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The Youth and His Amulet

as Fudo-Myo (Immovable Bright King)
Released: 1961-09-17

Gen is a lonely orphan boy. His sole sense of companionship comes from an imaginary friend, the...

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Ten Duels of Young Shingo: Chapter 1

as Tamon Umei
Released: 1981-05-15

The classic tale of the shogun's illegitimate son Aoi Shingo is told in three parts as he...

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Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka

as Teisaku Nagasawa
Released: 1950-01-22

Three humorous love stories set in rural Japan.

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Sasaki Kojiro

as Miyamoto Musashi
Released: 1951-10-26

Director Hiroshi Inagaki's early version of the life and death of famed swordsman Sasaki Kojiro....

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Rebels on the High Sea

as Matsuo Tokuzō
Released: 1956-08-08

A film by Hiroshi Inagaki.

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Sunflower Girl

as Ippei Hitachi
Released: 1953-03-26

Young Setsuko Fujino begins a new job at Tokyo Chemical Company. She likes her boss, Ippei...

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Escape from Prison

as Shinkichi
Released: 1950-01-04

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Ten Duels of Young Shingo: Chapter 2

as Tamon Umei
Released: 1982-02-26

Brings Shingo face to face against Yagyu Tajima, the Shogun’s fencing instructor in a match that...

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The Surf

as Skipper of the Utashima-maru
Released: 1954-10-20

Lonely youth Shinji meets Hatsue, a pretty pearl diver, on the beach and the two fall in love....

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Lord Mito

as Sakuzaemon Okumura
Released: 1978-12-23

One of Japan’s most popular historical characters, former Vice-Shogun Tokugawa Mitsukuni, whose...

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The Making of '1941'

as (archive)
Released: 1996-05-28

A non-narrated documentary, told mainly in interviews with the filmmakers, on the making of the...

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All About Marriage

as Acting teacher
Released: 1958-05-26

Ultra-perky model likes single freedom but feels ryosai kenbo ("good wife, wise mother")...

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The Women of Osaka Castle

as Tokugawa Ieyasu
Released: 1983-11-03

A television drama aired on November 3, 1983 as a special project to celebrate the 25th...

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Lowly Ronin

as Sanjuro Hinoki
Released: 1981-10-30

Reprising his role from the popular TV series "Koya no Suronin" (The Lowly Ronin), Mifune...

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All is Well

as Daikichi Risshun
Released: 1955-01-29

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Heaven and Earth: Dawn Episode

as Nagao Tamekage
Released: 1990-04-20

Some of the greatest battles during the Age of Civil Wars were fought between the Uesugi and...

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cf Girl

as Shūichirō Hase
Released: 1989-10-07

The film is an adaptation of the novel of the same title by Takashi Kitajima.

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Lowly Ronin 2: The Spray of Blood

as Sanjuro Hinoki
Released: 1982-10-29

Reprising his role from the popular TV series "Koya no Suronin" (The Lowly Ronin), Mifune...

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Secret of the Forbidden Valley

as uncredited
Released: 1983-11-10

A thrilling historical drama in which a ronin played plays an active role in redeeming the name...

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Lowly Ronin 5: The Teenage Orphan Girl

as Sûrônin Rakuyôjûrô
Released: 1983-04-08

When the 'Lowly Ronin' helps an orphaned teenage girl avoid being turned into a prostitute, she...

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Scoundrel

as Kanji
Released: 1956-05-10

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The Life of a Horse Trader

as Yonetaro Katayama
Released: 1951-12-07

The tale of Katakana Yonetaro aka "The Shark," a rough-and-tumble horse trader in Japan's...

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Who Knows a Woman's Heart

as Mizuno
Released: 1951-12-21

Ikeuchi was captain of the K - University ice hockey team. The daughter Shikotsuko of Ginza 's...

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Strawberry Road

as Taoka
Released: 1991-04-27

Hisa Ishii and his brother Akira emigrate from Japan to the United States. They settle in rural...

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Lowly Ronin 4: Living Hell

as Sanjuro Hinoki
Released: 1983-02-18

The "lowly ronin" meets a child who is being chased bymen that killed his father before his...

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The Lowly Ronin 3: Duel at Dawn

as uncredited
Released: 1982-05-07

After saving a young Lord from an assassination attempt the Lowly Ronin finds that he is now a...

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Shōgun

as Lord Yoshi Toranaga
First aired: 1980-09-15

An English navigator becomes both a player and pawn in complex political games in feudal Japan.

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Epic Chushingura

as Oishi Kuranosuke
First aired: 1971-01-05

Daichūshingura is a television dramatization of the events of the Forty-seven Ronin. The first...

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Tuesday Suspense Theater

as uncredited
First aired: 1981-09-29

"Tuesday Suspense Theater" was broadcast every Tuesday from 21:00 to 22:54 ( JST ) on the Nippon...

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Burning Mountain River

as Otsuichi Amo
First aired: 1984-01-08

The three Amaba brothers are second-generation Japanese Americans, whose allegiances are torn by...

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Falcons of Edo

as Kanbei Uchiyama
First aired: 1978-01-10

In the 1770's, the shrewdest man of the age, Tanuma Okitsugu, had abused his political power,...

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Ronin of the Wastelands

as Kujuro Toge
First aired: 1972-01-04

Continuing the tradition of the Yojimbo movies, Mifune Toshiro stars as Toge Kujuro, a wandering...

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Sekigahara

as Sakon Shima
First aired: 1981-01-02

Blockbuster drama based on the novel Sekigahara by Ryotaro Shiba, a program dedicated to the...

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Ronin in a Lawless Town

as Mr. Danna
First aired: 1976-04-28

A wildly unusual story set in the earliest days of the Meiji era. The story centers around a...

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