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Acting

Toshirō Mifune

Career: Active from 1947 to 1995, busiest in 1951 with 8 main titles.

Leading roles: 125
top three billing

Average score: 72/100

Highest rated: Seven Samurai
94/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 64 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Toshirō Mifune Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
1.1, average 5.4
Pop Culture
0.7, average 2.2
Situational Comedy
1.3, average 2.7
Cringe Humor
1.1, average 2.2

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Historical Drama 18
Japanese Cinema 17
Political Intrigue 17
Social Commentary 8
Historical Setting 8
Feudal Japan 8
Melancholy 8
Revenge 7
Samurai Film 6
Martial Arts 6
Classic Japanese Cinema 6
Character-Driven 6

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

170

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2010s

1 title · average score 78

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

78

as (archive footage)

1990s

6 titles · average score 61

Deep River

as Tsukada

Picture Bride

76

as The Benshi

Shadow of the Wolf

55

as Kroomak

Strawberry Road

as Taoka

Journey of Honor

52

as Ieyasu Tokugawa

Heaven and Earth: Dawn Episode

as Nagao Tamekage

1980s

32 titles · average score 59

Death of a Tea Master

67

as Rikyu Sen-no

The Demon Comes in Spring

as Kukkune no jî

Princess from the Moon

66

as Taketori-no-Miyatsuko

Tora-san Goes North

as Junkichi Ueno

Burning Mountain River

TV show · as Otsuichi Amo

Battle Anthem

as Admiral Heihachiro Togo

The Challenge

57

as Toru Yoshida

Domineering

as Masao Tadokoro

The Bushido Blade

46

as Shogun's Commander

Inchon

15

as Saito-San

Shōgun

80

TV show · as Lord Yoshi Toranaga

Shogun

71

as Lord Yoshi Toranaga

1970s

26 titles · average score 63

Falcons of Edo

TV show · as Kanbei Uchiyama

Japanese Godfather: Conclusion

as Kosuke Oishi

Japanese Godfather: Ambition

as Kosuke Oishi

Midway

54

as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto

Ronin in a Lawless Town

TV show · as Mr. Danna

Ronin of the Wastelands

TV show · as Kujuro Toge

Red Sun

53

as Kuroda Jubei

Epic Chushingura

TV show · as Oishi Kuranosuke

Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo

69

as Yojimbo/Sasa

Incident at Blood Pass

69

as Yojimbo

The Militarists

as Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto

The Ambitious

as Shojiro Goto

1960s

40 titles · average score 74

Samurai Banners

67

as Kansuke Yamamoto

Hell in the Pacific

70

as Captain Tsuruhiko Kuroda

Samurai Rebellion

89

as Isaburo Sasahara

Red Beard

84

as Dr. Kyojio Niide ("Red Beard")

Samurai Assassin

76

as Tsuruchiyo Niiro

High and Low

88

as Kingo Gondo

Samurai Pirate

62

as Sukezaemon Naya, aka 'Luzon' [Sinbad, in US version]

Sanjuro

87

as Sanjûrô Tsubaki / The ronin

Chûshingura

73

as Genba Tawaraboshi

Yojimbo

90

as Sanjuro Kuwabatake / The Samurai

The Important Man

75

as Ánimas Trujano

The Bad Sleep Well

91

as Kôichi Nishi

1950s

59 titles · average score 76

The Hidden Fortress

88

as General Rokurota Makabe

The Rickshaw Man

73

as Matsugorō Tomishima

Throne of Blood

90

as Taketoki Washizu

The Lower Depths

78

as Sutekichi the Thief

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

77

as Musashi Miyamoto a.k.a. Takezo

I Live in Fear

73

as Kiichi Nakajima

Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple

76

as Musashi Miyamoto a.k.a. Takezo

Seven Samurai

94

as Kikuchiyo

Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto

88

as Musashi Miyamoto a.k.a. Takezo

The Idiot

65

as Denkichi Akama

Rashomon

91

as Tajômaru

Scandal

78

as Ichirô Aoye

1940s

6 titles · average score 80

Stray Dog

90

as Det. Murakami

The Quiet Duel

73

as Dr. Kyoji Fujisaki

Jakoman and Tetsu

as Tetsu

Drunken Angel

86

as Matsunaga

Snow Trail

71

as Eijima

These Foolish Times

as Genzaburo Onō, Gang Boss