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Tag Archives: Toshirô Mifune
Safari 5000 (1969) Koreyoshi Kurahara, Yûjirô Ishihara, Tatsuya Nakadai, Toshirô Mifune

Basically, it’s about a Japanese racing driver for Nissan named Godai (Yujiro Ishihara) Read More »
Fort Graveyard / Chi to suna (1965) Kihachi Okamoto, Toshirô Mifune, Makoto Satô, Reiko Dan

Charged with insubordination for punching a superior, Sergeant Kosugi is shipped to China Read More »
Band of Assassins AKA Shinsengumi (1969) Tadashi Sawashima, Toshirô Mifune, Keiju Kobayashi, Kin’ya Kitaôji

Feudal Japan. Kamo Serizawa and Isami Kondo turn a collection of student fencers into a band of assassins Read More »
Ikimono no kiroku / I Live in Fear (1955) Akira Kurosawa, Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki

Kiichi Nakajima, an elderly foundry owner, is so frightened and obsessed with the idea of nuclear Read More »
Sanjuro (1962) Akira Kurosawa, Toshirô Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Keiju Kobayashi

A crafty samurai helps a young man and his fellow clansmen trying to save his uncle Read More »
Miyamoto Musashi / Samurai 1: Musashi Miyamoto (1954) Hiroshi Inagaki, Toshirô Mifune, Mariko Okada, Rentarô Mikuni

With his closest friend, Matahachi, Takezo (the town’s wild, orphan kid) leaves his village to join an army on its way to battle. Read More »
Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka (1950) Mikio Naruse

Ishinaka is a famous novelist living in Aomori Prefecture and witnessed in local events. Read More »
Saga of the Vagabonds (1959) Toshio Sugie, Toshirô Mifune

Lord Taro must deliver a money chest but is robbed by brigands led by Jibu. Read More »
Daredevil in the Castle (1961) Hiroshi Inagaki, Toshirô Mifune, Kyôko Kagawa, Yuriko Hoshi

Mohei is a wandering swordsman. He arrives in the city of Osaka, where the Toyotomi clan accepts him Read More »