Toshiro Mifune Filmography

Toshiro Mifune (1920-1997) appeared in more than 130 films. He was discovered in 1946 by the great director, Akira Kurosawa, during an open audition at Toho studios. In his book, Something Like an Autobiography, Mr. Kurosawa observes, "I'm a person who is rarely impressed by actors, but in the case of Mifune I was completely overwhelmed."

Mr. Mifune attained international fame for his role as the bandit Tajomaru in Mr. Kurosawa's Rashomon, which won the 1951 Venice Film Festival Grand Prix. Mr. Mifune won the Venice Film Festival best actor awards for his roles in Akira Kurosawa's films Yojimbo (1961) and Red Beard (1964).

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Toshiro Mifune and Shima Iwashita
in Kihachi Okamoto's Red Lion (1969). (Photo: Toho)

Picture Bride (1994)

Starring: Youki Kudoh, Akira Takayama
Director: Kayo Hatta

Shadow of the Wolf (1992)

Starring: Lou Diamond Phillips, Jennifer Tilly
Director: Jacques Dorfmann

Journey of Honor (1991)

Starring: Sho Kosugi, David Essex
Director: Gordon Hessler

Winter Kills (1983)

Starring: Jeff Bridges, John Huston
Director: William Richert

The Challenge (1982)

Starring: Scott Glenn
Director: John Frankenheimer

Shogun (1980)

Starring: Richard Chamberlain
Director: Jerry London

1941 (1979)

Starring: John Belushi,Dan Aykroyd
Director: Steven Spielberg

Midway (1976)

Starring: Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda
Director: Jack Smight

Red Sun (1971)

Starring: Charles Bronson, Toshiro Mifune
Director: Terence Young

Zatoichi vs. Yojimbo (1970)

Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Shintaro Katsu
Director: Kihachi Okamoto

Hell in the Pacific (1969)

Starring: Lee Marvin, Toshiro Mifune
Director: John Boorman

The Red Lion (1969)

Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Shima Iwashita
Director: Kihachi Okamoto

Sword of Doom (1967)

Starring: Tatsuya Nakadai, Toshiro Mifune
Director: Kihachi Okamoto

Grand Prix (1966)

Starring: James Garner, Eva Marie Saint
Director: John Frankenheimer

Red Beard (1965)

Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Yuzo Kayama
Director: Akira Kurosawa

Samurai Assassin (1965)

Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Keiju Kobayashi
Director: Kihachi Okamoto

Chushingura (1963)

Starring: Koshiro Matsumoto, Yuzo Kayama
Director: Hiroshi Inagaki

High & Low (1962)

Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Mihashi
Director: Akira Kurosawa

Sanjuro (1962)

Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai
Director: Akira Kurosawa

Yojimbo (1961)

Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Eijiro Tono
Director: Akira Kurosawa

The Bad Sleep Well (1960)

Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Masayuki Kato
Director: Akira Kurosawa

The Hidden Fortress (1958)

Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Misa Uehara
Director: Akira Kurosawa

Rikisha-Man (1958)

Starring: Toshiro Mifune
Director: Hiroshi Inagaki

Throne of Blood (1957)

Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Isuzu Yamada
Director: Akira Kurosawa

The Lower Depths (1957)

Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Isuzu Yamada
Director: Akira Kurosawa

Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1956)

Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Koji Tsurata
Director: Hiroshi Inagaki

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956)

Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Koji Tsurata
Director: Hiroshi Inagaki

Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1955)

Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Rentaro Mikuni
Director: Hiroshi Inagaki

I Live in Fear (1955)

Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura
Director: Akira Kurosawa

Seven Samurai (1954)

Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura
Director: Akira Kurosawa

Life of Oharu (1952)

Starring: Kinuyo Tanaka, Toshiro Mifune
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi

Rashomon (1951)

Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyo
Director: Akira Kurosawa

The Idiot (1951)

Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Masayuki Mori
Director: Akira Kurosawa

Stray Dog (1949)

Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura
Director: Akira Kurosawa

Drunken Angel (1948)

Starring: Takashi Shimura, Toshiro Mifune
Director: Akira Kurosawa