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  1. Toshiro Mifune (三船 敏郎, Mifune Toshirō, April 1, 1920 – December 24, 1997) was a Japanese actor and producer. A winner of numerous awards and accolades over a lengthy career, [1] [2] Mifune is best known for starring in Akira Kurosawa 's critically acclaimed jidaigeki films such as Rashomon (1950), Seven Samurai (1954), Throne of ...

  2. Toshirô Mifune. Actor: Yojimbo. Toshiro Mifune achieved more worldwide fame than any other Japanese actor of his century. He was born in Tsingtao, China, to Japanese parents and grew up in Dalian. He did not set foot in Japan until he was 21.

    • Actor, Producer, Director
    • April 1, 1920
    • 2 min
    • December 24, 1997
  3. Toshirô Mifune. Actor: Yojimbo. Toshiro Mifune achieved more worldwide fame than any other Japanese actor of his century. He was born in Tsingtao, China, to Japanese parents and grew up in Dalian. He did not set foot in Japan until he was 21.

    • April 1, 1920
    • December 24, 1997
  4. Mar 28, 2024 · Mifune Toshiro, leading actor in the post-World War II Japanese cinema, known internationally for his work in the films of Kurosawa Akira.

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  5. 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.

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  7. Aug 4, 2023 · In this month's Spotlight article, we're looking back at the life of Toshiro Mifune, the man widely regarded as Japan's greatest ever actor.

  8. 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...

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