This early gem starring the great Mifune Toshiba tells the tale of Katakana Yonetaro aka “The Shark,” Read More »
Tag Archives: Toshirô Mifune
The Challenge (1982) John Frankenheimer, Scott Glenn, Toshirô Mifune, Donna Kei Benz
Rick, a down-and-out American boxer, is hired to transport a sword to Japan Read More »
Rise Against the Sword / Abare Gôemon (1966) Hiroshi Inagaki, Toshirô Mifune, Nobuko Otowa, Makoto Satô
Farmer Abare Goemon is confronted by brigand-like samurai. Read More »
Admiral Yamamoto / Rengô kantai shirei chôkan: Yamamoto Isoroku (1968) Seiji Maruyama, Toshirô Mifune, Yûzô Kayama, Yôko Tsukasa
As Japan joins in a political pact with Nazi Germany and fascist Italy, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto Read More »
A Wife’s Heart / Tsuma no kokoro (1956) Mikio Naruse, Hideko Takamine, Toshirô Mifune, Keiju Kobayashi
A young woman tries to raise money to open her own coffee shop. Read More »
Shogun (1980) Jerry London, Richard Chamberlain, Toshirô Mifune, Yôko Shimada
Pilot-Major John Blackthorne (Richard Chamberlain), an English ship pilot, whose vessel wrecked Read More »
The Important Man / Ánimas Trujano (El hombre importante) (1961) Ismael Rodríguez, Toshirô Mifune, Columba Domínguez, Flor Silvestre
Animas Trujano is a colorful but irresponsible Indian in a small Mexican village. Read More »
Snow Trail / Ginrei no hate (1947) Senkichi Taniguchi, Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Yoshio Kosugi
Three bank robbers, Eijima, Nojiri, and Takasugi, flee the police and escape into the mountains. Read More »
The Bad Sleep Well / Warui yatsu hodo yoku nemuru (1960) Akira Kurosawa, Toshirô Mifune, Masayuki Mori, Kyôko Kagawa
It is a high-profile wedding: the daughter of Mr Iwabuchi, a wealthy businessman Read More »
Red Sun / Soleil rouge (1971) Terence Young, Charles Bronson, Toshirô Mifune, Alain Delon
In 1870, a gang robs a train and steals a ceremonial Japanese sword Read More »