In 1947, he appeared in the drama "Top of the Silver Ridge" directed by Chikichi Taniguchi . This was his first film work and he officially entered the show business circle.
On April 27, 1948, the crime movie " Yoidore tenshi " (also known as " Delicious Angels") co-starring with Takashi Shimura was released. In the film, he played the role of Matsunaga, a member of the profiteering group suffering from lung disease. This was the first time he had cooperated with director Wind. Man cooperates
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On March 13, 1949, the drama film "静かなる定闘" starring in it premiered; on October 17, the suspense film " Nora inu " co-starring with Takashi Shimura was released. He played the leading actor in the film and played on the bus. The detective Goro Murakami whose pistol was stolen by a pickpocket.
On April 30, 1950, the drama " Scandal " co-starring with Shirley Yamaguchi was released. He played the leading role in the film and played the painter Ichiro Ao
; on August 25, the thriller and suspense film " In the Woods " starring was released. In the film, he plays the leading actor, playing the notorious thief Tasomaru in Kyoto
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On May 23, 1951, the drama " Hakuchi " co-starring with Setsuko Hara and Masayuki Mori was released; on October 26, the action film " Kanketsu Sasaki Kojiro-Ganryu-to Ketto " starring was released.
On April 3, 1952, the drama " Saikaku ichidai onna " co-starred with Tanaka Kinuyo premiered. On October 21, 1953, the war movie " Taheiyo no washi " in which he participated was released.
On April 26, 1954, his starring action movie " The Seven Samurai " was released, in which he played the counterfeit samurai Kiku Chiyo who was full of justice and upward spirit but did not possess morality and martial arts; in the same year, he starred in the action directed by Hiroshi Inagaki The movie " Miyamoto Musashi ", which won the 28th Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. On January 3, 1955, the crime movie " Dansei No. 1 " he starred in was released; in the same year, the drama movies " Tai Ping under Heaven " and " Zoku tenka taihei " starring in him were released successively.
On May 3, 1956, the drama " Tsuma no kokoro " co-starred with Hideko Hirayama , Katsura Kobayashi , and Minoru Chiaki , played the role of Takemura Kenkichi, the older brother of Yuko Takemura. January 15, 1957, with Isuzu Yamada
starring drama film " Throne of Blood " premiere, featuring the actor in the film, when played Throne of Blood Village of general eagle Jin Wu.
On April 22, 1958, his starring drama " The Rickshaw Man " was released; on December 28, his starring drama " Three Rascals in the Hidden Fortress " (also known as "The Three Villains in the Hidden Fortress ") was released. In the film, he plays the actor Mabi Rokurota
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On January 1, 1959, the feature film " Nippon tanjo " starring in the movie was released. In the film, one person played two roles, playing the roles of Kenmei and Susano respectively. On August 14, 1960, the drama film " Otoko tai otoko " starring in it premiered.
On April 25, 1961, the action film " The Bodyguard " (also known as " Red Dead") , co-starring with Tatsuya Nakadai , premiered. In the film, he played the brave and witty warrior Kuwabata Saniro. With the film won the Best Actor Award at the 26th Venice Film Festival
, he became the first actor in the history of Japanese film to receive this honor . He was also voted as "the most outstanding in film history in the April 2006 issue of the US "Premier" magazine. "100 performances" ranked 78th.
On January 1, 1962, the drama film " Tsubaki Sanjuro" adapted from the novel of the same name by Toshirô Yamamoto was released. Toshirô Mifune played the sloppy samurai Tsubakiro in the film
. In the same year, he won the Japan Film Press Association Award for Best Actor. On March 1, 1963, the suspense detective film " Heaven and Hell " adapted from Ed Mark Bain's novel "The King's Ransom " was released. In the film, Toshirô Mifune played the role of the self-made shoe company Kondo Kondo
; In the same year, he also served as a director and producer for the first time, directing and acting in the action movie "The Legacy of a Half-Million".
On March 4, 1965, the drama film " Akasaka " starring in him was released. In the film, he played the doctor Akasaka who cared about the people at the bottom and was full of humanitarian spirit. With this film, he won the Best Actor Award at the 30th Venice Film Festival. In 1966, he co-starred in the drama " Grand Prix " with James Garner .
In 1967, he starred in the war movie " Nihon no ichiban nagai hi " directed by Kihachi Okamoto and played Lu Xiang Anan in the film. In 1968, co-starring with Yuzo Kayama in the war movie " Admiral of the Grand Fleet: Isoroku Yamamoto ". On August 13, 1969, the war movie " Nihonkai daikaisen: Umi yukaba " directed by Maruyama Seiji was released. Toshirô Mifune played the role of Japanese Navy Commander Togo Heihachiro in the film
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On January 15, 1970, the drama movie " Zatoichi Vs. Yojimbo " starring in it was released
. On September 15, 1971, the action movie " Red Sun " co-starring with Charles Bronson , Alain Delon and Ursula Anders was released in France, playing the role of Japanese ambassador Shigebei Kuroda
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In 1975, starring in the drama film "Paper Tiger" directed by Ken Anakin. In 1976, he co-starred in the war movie " Battle of Midway " with Charlton Heston , Henry Fonda and Glenn Ford , and played the role of Admiral of the Grand Fleet: Isoroku Yamamoto in the film.
On January 21, 1978, the action movie " The Conspiracy of the Yanagi Family " premiered. On December 13, 1979, the war movie "One Nineteen Four One " directed by Stephen Spielberg was released. Toshirô Mifune played the role of Captain Mita Village in the film.
On August 2, 1980, the war movie " Hill 203 " directed by Masuda Toshio was released. Toshirô Mifune played the role of Emperor Meiji in the film. On October 30, 1982, the drama film " Seiha " starring in it premiered.
On April 28, 1984, the crime action film " Okinawa Kid " co-starred with Saburo Tokito and Miwako Fujitani was released; in the same year, he also played the protagonist Tenba Kenji's father Tenba Tenchi in the big river drama "The Burning Mountain River ."
In the spring of 1986, it was awarded " Medal with Purple Ribbon " by the Japanese government . On September 26, 1987, the fantasy film " Taketori Monogatari " co-starring with Nakai Kichi , Yasuko Sawaguchi , andわかおあやこpremiered, playing Gaya's father Taketori in the film
. In 1989, starred in the drama film " Death of a Tea Master " directed by Kei Kumai . In 1992, co-starring with Lou Diamond Phillips in the adventure film " Agaguk... ".
In the spring of 1993, he was awarded the third class " Ruibao Medal ". In 1995, he participated in the drama " Deep River " starring Akiyoshi Kumiko and Okuda Eiji , which was his last film work. In 1997, he won the 52nd Daily Film Awards Special Award.
