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Toshirō Mifune

1920–1997 · Japanese actor

Toshiro Mifune was a Japanese actor and producer. The recipient of numerous awards and accolades over a lengthy career, he is widely considered one of the greatest actors of all time. Noted for his commanding screen presence in the Japanese film industry, he typically played hypermasculine or heroic characters.

Toshirō Mifune, in order

  1. 1947 Snow Trail: acted · directed by Senkichi Taniguchi · streaming on Criterion Channel
  2. 1948 Drunken Angel: acted · directed by Akira Kurosawa · critics 94%, audiences 88% · streaming on Criterion Channel, Plex, Fawesome
  3. 1949 Stray Dog: acted · directed by Akira Kurosawa · critics 100%, audiences 91% · streaming on fuboTV, Criterion Channel, Plex
  4. 1949 The Quiet Duel: acted · directed by Akira Kurosawa · audiences 73% · streaming on Plex, Fawesome
  5. 1950 Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka: acted · directed by Mikio Naruse
  6. 1950 Rashomon: acted · directed by Akira Kurosawa · critics 98%, audiences 93% · streaming on HBO Max, Kanopy, Plex
  7. 1950 Scandal: acted · directed by Akira Kurosawa · critics 83%, audiences 72% · streaming on Criterion Channel, Plex
  8. 1951 Pirates: acted · directed by Hiroshi Inagaki
  9. 1951 The Idiot: acted · directed by Akira Kurosawa · critics 60%, audiences 73% · streaming on Criterion Channel
  10. 1952 The Life of Oharu: acted · directed by Kenji Mizoguchi · critics 100%, audiences 89% · streaming on Criterion Channel, Plex, Fawesome
  11. 1952 The Man Who Came to Port: acted · directed by Ishirō Honda
  12. 1952 Tôkyô no koibito: acted · directed by Yasuki Chiba
  13. 1952 Vendetta for a Samurai: acted · directed by Kazuo Mori · audiences 50% · streaming on Criterion Channel
  14. 1953 Eagle of the Pacific: acted · directed by Ishirō Honda
  15. 1954 Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto: acted · directed by Hiroshi Inagaki · critics 100%, audiences 85% · streaming on HBO Max, Criterion Channel
  16. 1954 Seven Samurai: acted · directed by Akira Kurosawa · critics 100%, audiences 97% · streaming on HBO Max, Kanopy, Shout! Factory TV
  17. 1955 I Live in Fear: acted · directed by Akira Kurosawa · critics 73%, audiences 75% · streaming on Criterion Channel
  18. 1955 Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple: acted · directed by Hiroshi Inagaki and Jun Fukuda · audiences 85% · streaming on HBO Max, Criterion Channel
  19. 1956 A Wife's Heart: acted · directed by Mikio Naruse
  20. 1956 Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island: acted · directed by Hiroshi Inagaki · audiences 88% · streaming on HBO Max, Criterion Channel, Plex
  21. 1956 Underworld: acted · directed by Kajirō Yamamoto
  22. 1957 Be Happy, These Two Lovers: acted · directed by Ishirō Honda
  23. 1957 The Lower Depths: acted · directed by Akira Kurosawa · critics 83%, audiences 79% · streaming on Criterion Channel
  24. 1957 Throne of Blood: acted · directed by Akira Kurosawa · critics 95%, audiences 93% · streaming on HBO Max, Criterion Channel
  25. 1957 Yagyu Secret Scrolls: acted · directed by Hiroshi Inagaki
  26. 1958 Rickshaw Man: acted · directed by Hiroshi Inagaki · streaming on Criterion Channel
  27. 1958 The Hidden Fortress: acted · directed by Akira Kurosawa · critics 96%, audiences 92% · streaming on HBO Max, Shout! Factory TV, Plex
  28. 1959 Desperado Outpost: acted · directed by Kihachi Okamoto
  29. 1959 Life of an Expert Swordsman: acted · directed by Hiroshi Inagaki · streaming on Criterion Channel
  30. 1959 The Big Boss: acted · directed by Kihachi Okamoto
  31. 1959 The Birth of Japan: acted · directed by Hiroshi Inagaki
  32. 1960 Storm Over the Pacific: acted · directed by Shūe Matsubayashi
  33. 1960 The Bad Sleep Well: acted · directed by Akira Kurosawa · critics 100%, audiences 91%
  34. 1960 The Last Gunfight: acted · directed by Kihachi Okamoto
  35. 1961 The Story of Osaka Castle: acted · directed by Hiroshi Inagaki
  36. 1961 Yojimbo: acted · directed by Akira Kurosawa · critics 96%, audiences 96% · streaming on HBO Max
  37. 1962 Chūshingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki: acted · directed by Hiroshi Inagaki
  38. 1962 Home-Brewed Tatsu: acted · directed by Hiroshi Inagaki
  39. 1962 Sanjuro: acted · directed by Akira Kurosawa · critics 100%, audiences 95% · streaming on Criterion Channel
  40. 1962 Ánimas Trujano: acted · directed by Ismael Rodríguez
  41. 1963 Attack Squadron!: acted · directed by Shūe Matsubayashi
  42. 1963 High and Low: acted · directed by Akira Kurosawa · critics 97%, audiences 95% · streaming on HBO Max, Shout! Factory TV, Plex
  43. 1963 Legacy of the 500,000: directed, acted
  44. 1963 The Lost World of Sinbad: acted · directed by Senkichi Taniguchi
  45. 1965 Red Beard: acted · directed by Akira Kurosawa · critics 73%, audiences 94% · streaming on Prime Video, HBO Max, Criterion Channel
  46. 1965 Samurai Assassin: produced, acted · directed by Kihachi Okamoto · audiences 83%
  47. 1965 Sanshiro Sugata: acted · directed by Seiichirō Uchikawa
  48. 1966 Grand Prix: acted · directed by John Frankenheimer · critics 92%, audiences 88% · streaming on Kanopy
  49. 1966 The Sword of Doom: acted · directed by Kihachi Okamoto · critics 80%, audiences 90% · streaming on Criterion Channel
  50. 1967 Japan's Longest Day: acted · directed by Kihachi Okamoto · audiences 79%
  51. 1967 Samurai Rebellion: produced, acted · directed by Masaki Kobayashi · critics 100%, audiences 93% · streaming on Criterion Channel
  52. 1968 Hell in the Pacific: acted · directed by John Boorman · critics 69%, audiences 82%
  53. 1968 Rengōkantai Shireichōkan Yamamoto Isoroku: acted · directed by Seiji Maruyama
  54. 1968 The Sands of Kurobe: acted · directed by Kei Kumai
  55. 1969 Battle of the Japan Sea: acted · directed by Seiji Maruyama
  56. 1969 Red Lion: produced, acted · directed by Kihachi Okamoto · audiences 76%
  57. 1969 Samurai Banners: acted · directed by Hiroshi Inagaki · audiences 57%
  58. 1969 Shinsengumi: acted · directed by Tadashi Sawashima · audiences 33%
  59. 1970 Machibuse: produced, acted · directed by Hiroshi Inagaki · audiences 67%
  60. 1970 Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo: acted · directed by Kihachi Okamoto · audiences 73% · streaming on Criterion Channel
  61. 1971 Dai Chūshingura (TV series): acted
  62. 1971 Red Sun: acted · directed by Terence Young · critics 40%, audiences 61% · streaming on fuboTV, Philo, Fandango at Home (free)
  63. 1972 The Lowly Ronin (TV series): acted · directed by Masanobu Deme
  64. 1975 Paper Tiger: acted · directed by Ken Annakin · streaming on Philo, Tubi
  65. 1976 Midway: acted · directed by Jack Smight · critics 39%, audiences 71% · streaming on Netflix, Philo, AMC+
  66. 1977 Proof of the Man: acted · directed by Junya Satō
  67. 1978 Love and Faith: acted · directed by Kei Kumai
  68. 1978 Shogun's Samurai: acted · directed by Kinji Fukasaku · streaming on Fawesome
  69. 1978 The Fall of Ako Castle: acted · directed by Kinji Fukasaku · streaming on Hoopla, Shout! Factory TV, Plex
  70. 1979 1941: acted · directed by Steven Spielberg · critics 37%, audiences 48% · streaming on Fawesome
  71. 1979 Winter Kills: acted · directed by William Richert · critics 86%, audiences 52% · streaming on Roku Channel, Kanopy, Shout! Factory TV
  72. 1980 Shōgun (TV series): acted · directed by Jerry London · audiences 90%
  73. 1980 The Battle of Port Arthur: acted · directed by Toshio Masuda
  74. 1981 Inchon: acted · directed by Terence Young · critics 0%, audiences 6%
  75. 1982 Conquest: acted · directed by Sadao Nakajima · streaming on Prime Video, Philo, Roku Channel
  76. 1982 The Challenge: acted · directed by John Frankenheimer · critics 53%, audiences 66%
  77. 1983 Theater of Life: acted · directed by Junya Satō and Kinji Fukasaku
  78. 1984 Sanga Moyu (TV series): acted
  79. 1984 The Miracle of Joe Petrel: acted · directed by Toshiya Fujita
  80. 1987 Princess from the Moon: acted · directed by Kon Ichikawa · audiences 73% · streaming on Criterion Channel
  81. 1987 Shatterer: acted · directed by Tonino Valerii
  82. 1987 Tora-san Goes North: acted · directed by Yōji Yamada
  83. 1989 Death of a Tea Master: acted · directed by Kei Kumai
  84. 1991 Shogun Mayeda: acted · directed by Gordon Hessler
  85. 1992 Shadow of the Wolf: acted · directed by Christian Duguay and Jacques Dorfmann · audiences 48%