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Toshiro Mifune
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1 April 1920 - 24 December 1997
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Japanese actor Toshiro Mifune was born on April 1, 1920 in Qingdao, Manchuria, China. His father, Tokuzo Mifune, was a Japanese merchant and owner of a photo studio. Toshiro spent his childhood in Dalian, where the Mifune family moved in 1925. After graduating from university, Toshiro worked for his father for a while and served in the army during World War II. After the war ended, Toshiro came to Tokyo in 1946 and joined a film company as an assistant cameraman. At this time, a large number of
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Japanese actor Toshiro Mifune was born on April 1, 1920 in Qingdao, Manchuria, China. His father, Tokuzo Mifune, was a Japanese merchant and owner of a photo studio. Toshiro spent his childhood in Dalian, where the Mifune family moved in 1925. After graduating from university, Toshiro worked for his father for a while and served in the army during World War II.
After the war ended, Toshiro came to Tokyo in 1946 and joined a film company as an assistant cameraman. At this time, a large number of actors leave the company, and the company announces a competition in which more than 4 thousand people take part. Mifune attracted the attention of director Kajiro Yamamoto and met his future wife Sachiko Yoshimine.
He made his debut in 1947 in Kajiro Yamamoto’s The Time of the New Fools. A little later, Mifune starred in the film “On the Other Side of the Silver Ridge” by Sengichi Taniguchi, where on the set he meets with
Akiro Kurosawa .
In 1948, Kurosawa’s film “Drunk Angel” was released, where Mifune plays the main role. From this moment begins a long and close cooperation between the actor and the director. International fame and worldwide fame comes after the release of a stunning film in 1950.
Rasemon In which Mifune will play a major role. In total, the creative tandem of Kurosawa and Mifune will shoot 16 paintings, including “Seven Samurai”, “Three villains in a hidden fortress”.
The bodyguard .
At the same time, Mifune is removed from other directors. So, he embodied the image of the legendary fencer Miyamoto Musashi in the film “Samurai: The Way of a Warrior”, which was released in 1954. Mifune was filmed outside his homeland. One of the most famous works is the role in the five-part film Shogun, which is released in 1980.
The famous actor died on December 24, 1997 in Tokyo.
