Rebellion
1967
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Aug 4, 2023 · By Matthew Hernon. August 5, 2023 Updated On August 4, 2023. On this day in 1947, Senkichi Taniguchi’s film Snow Trail about three robbers escaping into the mountains was released in Japan. It marked the silver screen debut of the man who is widely regarded as the finest actor in Japanese cinematic history: the great Toshiro Mifune.
Apr 3, 2020 · Toshiro Mifune cemented his reputation as an icon of masculinity right alongside Hollywood narratives of neutered Asian manhood. In 1961, Mifune provoked worldwide longing by swaggering around in Yojimbo, the same year that Mickey Rooney played the bucktoothed Mr. Yunioshi in Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
Mar 28, 2024 · Mifune Toshirō (born April 1, 1920, Qingdao, Shandong province, China—died December 24, 1997, Mitaka, near Tokyo, Japan) was a leading actor in the post- World War II Japanese cinema, known internationally for his energetic, flamboyant portrayals of samurai characters, especially in films directed by Kurosawa Akira.
Feb 11, 2022 · Toshiro Mifune in “Samurai Rebellion,” one of the highlights of his non-Kurosawa films. Janus Films. By Mike Hale. Published Feb. 11, 2022 Updated Feb. 14, 2022. Toshiro Mifune once wrote...
Dec 25, 1997 · Toshiro Mifune, the most internationally celebrated of Japanese film actors, whose work, particularly for the director Akira Kurosawa, galvanized generations of performers in the United States...
Mar 17, 2017 · “Without Toshirō Mifune, the films of Akira Kurosawa could never have come into being,” wrote Kurosawa’s longtime script supervisor and principal assistant Teruyo Nogami in her memoirs. 1 The collaboration between Kurosawa and Mifune was one of the most prolific in film history.
The Many Faces Of Toshiro Mifune | Austin Film Society. On this day, which would have been his 100th birthday if the world were a fair and just place, we present a gallery of photographs of a man who was not only one of the great actors of the screen – but also an undeniably great movie star: Toshiro Mifune.
