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Dr. Sanada: Martyrdom is out of style.
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Dr. Sanada: The Japanese love to sacrifice themselves for stupid things.
Toshirô Mifune
Toshirô Mifune (Toshirô Mifune, April 1, 1920-December 24, 1997), was born in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China, a Japanese film and television actor, producer and director.
In 1947, he starred in his first movie "The Top of Silver Ridge", thus officially entering the show business circle. In 1948, he collaborated with Wind Man for the first time and starred in the crime movie " Yoidore tenshi "
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. In 1950, in the thriller and suspense film " In the Woods ", played the leading role of the male protagonist Daxiangmaru
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. In 1954, his starring action movie " The Seven Samurai " was released. In 1958, his starring drama " Three Rascals in the Hidden Fortress " was released
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. In 1961, in the action movie " at The Bodyguard plays" in Mulberry Hata Sanjuro, and by virtue of the film won the 26th Venice Film Festival Best Actor Award, becoming the first award in the history of Japanese film actor
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. In 1962, he won the Best Actor Award at the Japan Film Press Conference. In 1965, the drama film "赤ひげ" starring in him was released and won the Best Actor Award at the 30th Venice Film Festival for this film.
In 1968, starring in the war movie " Admiral of the Grand Fleet: Isoroku Yamamoto ". In 1971, his starring action movie " Red Sun " was released in France
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. In 1976, starred in the war movie " Battle of Midway ". In 1980, the war movie " Hill 203 " he starred in was released. In 1984, he played Tianyu Yiqi in the Dahe drama "The Burning Mountains and Rivers" . In 1986, it was awarded " Medal with Purple Ribbon " by the Japanese government . In 1987, the fantasy film " Taketori Monogatari " starring in him premiered
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. In 1993, he was awarded the third class " Ruibao Medal ". In 1995, he participated in the drama " Deep River ", which was his last film work. In 1997, he won the 52nd Daily Film Awards Special Award; On December 24, Toshirô Mifune died of multiple kidney organ failure at the age of 77.
Early Experience
Toshirô Mifune was born in Qingdao, Shandong Province. In 1924, Toshirô Mifune moved to Dalian with his parents when he was only 4 years old. In 1938, Toshirô Mifune helped his father run a photo studio after graduating from Dalian High School in 1938. He soon enlisted in the local army and joined the Manchurian Army First Air Force. After the war broke out, he worked as a photographer in the Air Force. In 1946, 26-year-old Toshirô Mifune returned to Japan for the first time. In the same year, he applied for the Toho Film Company and participated in the interview for the selection of Toho's newcomers, and was recorded as an alternate actor.
Performing Experience
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.
Personal Life
In 1950, Toshirô Mifune married Japanese actress Sachiko Yoshimine; on November 25, Toshirô Mifune's eldest son Shiro Mifune was born. Later, his extramarital affairs with actress Mika Kitagawa was exposed, and he separated from his wife Sachiko Yoshimine; during this period, he and Mika Kitagawa gave birth to a daughter named Mika Mifune
. In 1992, Toshirô Mifune fell ill due to a myocardial infarction and took this opportunity to return to Masazu Yoshimine Sachiko.
Toshirô Mifune suffered from mild dementia in his later years. On December 24, 1997, Toshirô Mifune died of multiple kidney organ failure at the age of 77.
Character Evaluation
Toshirô Mifune is a very powerful and powerful actor. He has superb acting skills. In films such as "The Bodyguard" and "Tsubaki Sanyuro", Toshirô Mifune performed the itchy shoulder movements vividly
. Toshirô Mifune played the role of Admiral of the Grand Fleet: Isoroku Yamamoto in many films, and showed the Japanese general’s looks and actions very wonderfully, especially in the movie "Commander of the Joint Fleet-Admiral of the Grand Fleet" In "Isoroku Yamamoto", Yamamoto's Fifty-Six is vividly interpreted from expression to demeanor
. Toshirô Mifune's sexy and wild image has become synonymous with modern masculinity. He has a look and temperament that looks down upon people, which is somewhat similar to Marlon Brando and Al Pacino. Toshirô Mifune’s performance made Wind Man’s work more masculine and charming, and his collaboration with Wind Man was therefore called the "international Kurosawa, the three ships of the world" .
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