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Toshiro Mifune
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Toshiro Mifune - filmography
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Shogun Warrior
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Christopher Lee, David Essex, Sho Kosugi
Director: Gordon Hessler
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SHOGUN WARRIOR presents an epic set in 17th-century Japan. One clan, led by the warlord Takugawa Ieyasu (Toshiro Mifune), is locked in a bloody feud with a rival clan. Ieyasu decides that the only way to achieve victory is to send a band of soldiers to Spain to obtain flintlock muskets that will ..read more »
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51%
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Princess From The Moon
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Ayako Wakao, Yasuko Sawaguchi
Director: Kon Ichikawa
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When a mysterious light appears in the sky a poor couple investigate and find a small pod near the grave of their daughter. The pod breaks open to reveal a small baby who looks very much like their daughter. They decide to adopt her and she grows up to be a young lady of exceptional beauty who is ..read more »
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46%
from 167 members
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Shogun
(5 discs)
on DVD
(1981)
Starring: Richard Chamberlain, Toshiro Mifune
Director: Jerry London
Certificate: 
Based on James Clavell's bestselling novel, the story of an English navigator whose shipwreck lands him in the middle of the political power struggle between Shogun and Emperor in feudal Japan. The complete nine hour acclaimed television mini-series.
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73%
from 2,108 members
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1941
(1979)
Starring: John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Ned Beatty
Director: Steven Spielberg
Certificate: 
*This title is unavailable for rental.*
A crazy comedy tale set in Los Angeles immediately after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour. Everyone suspects a Japanese soldier around every corner.
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57%
from 383 members
Not available for rental
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Shogun's Samurai
on DVD
(1978)
Starring: Sonny Chiba, Etsuko Shihomi, Yoshio Harada
Director: Kinji Fukasaku
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Set in feudal Japan, SHOGUN'S SAMURAI is Kinji Fukasaku's story of a brutal imperial struggle. The legendary samurai epic stars Sonny Chiba as one of the two sons of the recently deceased instructor of the Shogun. After the death of their father, the two men lock horns in a struggle for the ..read more »
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61%
from 518 members
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Soleil Rouge
on DVD
(1971)
Starring: Charles Bronson, Alain Delon, Toshiro Mifune
Director: Terence Young
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It is the 19th century, and two criminals, Link and Gotch, have a falling out after robbing a train. As a result, Gotch not only takes off with the money, but with a priceless golden sword owned by a Samurai passenger named Kuroda. Despite their cultural differences and initial hostility, Kuroda ..read more »
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59%
from 444 members
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Hell In The Pacific
on DVD
(1969)
Starring: Lee Marvin, Toshiro Mifune
Director: John Boorman
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Director John Boorman's typical bravado is somewhat muted in this WWII parable. Set in the Pacific in 1944, the film focuses on two combatants stranded on the same barren atoll: a Japanese naval officer (Toshiro Mifune) and a U.S. marine pilot (Lee Marvin). At first the two men warily stalk each ..read more »
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68%
from 378 members
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Sword Of Doom
on DVD
(1966)
Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai
Director: Kihachi Okamoto
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A child is brought up by his father to be a man of the sword - for whom killing is a pleasure. This man uses his sword as the only family he recognises. Japanese dialogue.
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62%
from 666 members
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Grand Prix
on DVD
(1966)
Starring: James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, Yves Montand
Director: John Frankenheimer
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GRAND PRIX is John Frankenheimer's film about the nine-leg world championship of Formula 1 auto racing stars James Garner as driver Pete Aron. During the opening race in Monaco, a collision sends Pete's car flying into the Monte Carlo harbor, and British driver Scott Stoddard (Brian Bedford) into a ..read more »
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73%
from 354 members
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Samurai Assassin
(1965)
Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Ito Yunosuke
Director: Kihachi Okamoto
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It's 1860 and Niiro Tsurichiyo, the illegitimate son of a nobleman, dreams of becoming a samurai. But he is suspected of being a spy by the Mito Clan... Japanese dialogue with subtitles.
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63%
from 490 members
Not currently released
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Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
on DVD
(1965)
Starring: Shintaro Katsu, Toshiro Mifune, Ayako Wakao
Director: Kihachi Okamoto
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A blind man returns to a village, of which he was once very fond. Upon his return however, he finds that things have changed considerably. There are two factions vying for power and people are getting killed... Japanese dialogue.
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62%
from 624 members
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Red Beard
on DVD
(1965)
Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Yuzo Kayama
Director: Akira Kurosawa
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The final collaboration between Kurosawa and Mifune, RED BEARD tells the story of a doctor in a rural clinic in late-19th century Japan. He teaches his new intern the meaning of responsibilty through a master-pupil relationship, a constantly recurring theme in Kurosawa's work.
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74%
from 1,730 member
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High And Low
on DVD
(1963)
Starring: Tatsuya Nakadai, Toshiro Mifune, Kyoko Kagawa
Director: Akira Kurosawa
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Based on KING'S RANSOM, a crime novel by Ed McBain, HIGH AND LOW stars Toshiro Mifune as Kingo Gondo, a wealthy, hardworking businessman. As Gondo plans a coup that will secure his position as the head of his Yokohama shoe company, he is contacted by a criminal who informs him that he's kidnapped ..read more »
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73%
from 1,241 member
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Sanjuro
on DVD
(1962)
Starring: Tatsuya Nakadai, Toshiro Mifune, Masao Shimizu
Director: Akira Kurosawa
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Due to the huge success of Kurosawa's 1961 epic YOJIMBO, he teamed up with Mifune a year later to make comedy of manners SANJURO. The plot concerns Sanjuro, a man fighting corruption in local government. The director parodies perfectly the conventions of Japanese period action movies and the final ..read more »
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73%
from 3,532 members
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Yojimbo
on DVD
(1961)
Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Eijiro Tono, Seisaburo Kawazu
Director: Akira Kurosawa
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In director Akira Kurosawa's comedic YOJIMBO, a masterless samurai, Sanjuro (Toshiro Mifune), wanders into a town divided by two warring clans. After displaying his formidable swordsmanship before both clans in a brawl with street thugs, Sanjuro offers his services to the highest bidder. When one ..read more »
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73%
from 8,766 members
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Hidden Fortress
on DVD
(1958)
Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Misa Uehara, Minoru Chiaki
Director: Akira Kurosawa
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During a civil war in 16th-century feudal Japan, two cowardly farmers (Minoru Chiaki and Kamatari Fujiwara) stumble upon Makabe (Toshiro Mifune), a fierce army general. Escaping from hostile territory, General Makabe embarks on a mission to rescue both Yukihime (Misa Uehara), the willfull princess ..read more »
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72%
from 4,304 members
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Throne Of Blood
on DVD
(1957)
Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Minoru Chiaki
Director: Akira Kurosawa
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Akira Kurosawa's stunning reconception of Shakespeare's MACBETH is a dark samurai drama, full of powerful and haunting images. Set in feudal Japan, the film follows the path of an ambitious warlord (Toshiro Mifune) who fulfills a prophecy stating that he will become emperor. However, he achieves ..read more »
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72%
from 4,977 members
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I Live In Fear
on DVD
(1955)
Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Eiko Miyoshi, Minoru Chiaki
Director: Akira Kurosawa
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A man who lives in Tokyo, who attempts to move his family to Brazil because of concerns about a nuclear holocaust. But his family think differently and try and get him committed. Japanese dialogue with English subtitles.
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63%
from 539 members
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Musashi Miyamoto
(1955)
Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Eijiro Tono
Director: Hiroshi Inagaki
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Young Miyamoto (Mifune) dreams of becoming a heroic warrior in the midst of battle. When civil war grips the land, however, he finds himself becoming fighting on the wrong side and is forced to become a fugitive. Later, when he meets a caring woman and a priest who puts him on the path of the ..read more »
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63%
from 524 members
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Seven Samurai
on DVD
(1954)
Starring: Takashi Shimura, Toshiro Mifune, Yoshio Inaba
Director: Akira Kurosawa
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Set in 16th Century Japan, Akira Kurosawa's epic SEVEN SAMURAI follows the plight of a defenseless farming village that lives in constant fear of marauding bandits. The farmers know that when their crops are harvested, the thugs will attack, so four men go to town in hopes of employing samurai to ..read more »
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72%
from 33,240 members
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The Life Of Oharu
on DVD
(1952)
Starring: Kinuyo Tanaka, Toshiro Mifune
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
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The story chronicles the decline through exile, concubinage and prostitution of Oharu Okui. Her sufferings and treatment are analysed until she is finally discarded like an inanimate object. Japanese dialogue with subtitles.
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69%
from 1,134 member
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Rashomon
on DVD
(1950)
Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Masayuki Mori, Machiko Kyo
Director: Akira Kurosawa
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Akira Kurosawa's highly acclaimed film, set in feudal Japan, presents an intriguing tale of violent crime in the woods, told from the perspective of four different characters--a bandit (Toshiro Mifune), a woman (Machiko Kyo), her husband (Masayuki Mori), and a woodcutter (Takashi Shimura). Only two ..read more »
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72%
from 8,227 members
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Scandal
on DVD
(1950)
Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Shirley Yamaguchi, Noriko Sengoku
Director: Akira Kurosawa
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When a young painter meets up by chance with a popular singer, he is unaware that the paparazzi are following them. When a magazine runs a story exposing their 'secret romance', the painter battles to restore his honour.
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67%
from 315 members
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Stray Dog
on DVD
(1949)
Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Awaji
Director: Akira Kurosawa
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The setting for this Akira Kurosawa film noir is Tokyo in the late 1940s, its streets blasted by war and its economy in collapse. When Murakami, a young detective (Toshiro Mifune, in one of his earliest roles), loses his gun to a thief, he must descend into a hell teeming with shady characters to ..read more »
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70%
from 1,934 member
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The Idiot
on DVD
Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Setsuko Hara, Masayuki Mori
Director: Akira Kurosawa
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Retelling of Fydor Dostoyevsky's novel, where the action is transferred from Russia to Northern Japan. An unstable war criminal acquitted of charges gets involved with two women...
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65%
from 583 members
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Toshiro Mifune facts
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The Shogun of the big screen 20 September 2003
...of defending those unable to repay and unwilling to respect.
For many people, Toshiro Mifune's rollicking extrovert Kikuchiyo is the most engaging character; but for me, Se...
Fistfulls 6 March 2004
Good try 14 April 2005
