Toshirō Mifune — Actor (62)
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Shinsengumi (1969) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb
新選組
director: 泽岛忠 actor: 三船敏郎 / 小林桂树 …
other title: 新选组 / 新選組 …
Near the end of the nineteenth century, as the balance of power shifts from Shogunate towards the Emperor, Japan restlessly awaits the dawning of a new age. But not all are content...The Shinsengumi, a small army of samurai, farmers and peasants, band together to do battle against the tide of history. Their leader, Isami Kondo is a man who rises from farmer to fighter to head the fierce Shinsengumi brigade. Using a stern hand and a heart of gold, he rallies his men in defense of the tottering Shogunate. But bloodshed and treachery lurk around every corner.
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The Last Embrace (1953) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
抱擁
director: Masahiro Makino actor: Yoshiko Yamaguchi / Toshirō Mifune …
other title: 抱擁
Yukiko Nogami is rescued during a mountain blizzard by handsome forester Shinkichi, and the two subsequently fall in love. But when Shinkichi dies in an avalanche, Yukiko leaves the mountains in despair and takes a job in a bar where she becomes deeply involved in the personal lives of several of the patrons. One day she thinks she sees Shinkichi alive, but it turns out to be a gangster named Hayakawa, a man on the run who bears an astonishing resemblance to Yukiko's lost love. Against her better judgment, she is drawn to help Hayakawa, though clearly danger follows him.
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Snow Trail (1947) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
銀嶺の果て
director: Senkichi Taniguchi actor: Toshirō Mifune / Takashi Shimura …
other title: La Montagne d'argent / 銀嶺の果て …
Three bank robbers, Eijima, Nojiri, and Takasugi, flee the police and escape into the mountains. At an inn high in the Japanese Alps, Eijima and Nojiri encounter a young woman and her father, as well as Honda, a mountaineer. The inn folk do not realize their guests are wanted criminals and the visitors are treated with great kindness. Honda volunteers to lead them over the mountains, but Eijima's paranoia endangers all of them as they make the perilous trip.
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Daredevil in the Castle (1961) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
大阪城物語
director: Hiroshi Inagaki actor: Toshirō Mifune / Kyōko Kagawa …
other title: 大阪城物語 / The Story of Osaka Castle …
During the raging war between the Toyotomi and Tokugawa clans, the swordsman Mohei (whose family has been completely decimated) is recruited by Toyotomi to overcome the seat of power, Osaka Castle. Mohei's daredevil skills will be put to severe tests.
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The Ambitious (1970) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
幕末
director: Daisuke Itō actor: Kinnosuke Nakamura / Toshirō Mifune …
other title: Bakumatsu / 幕末
The story of Ryoma Sakamoto, considered to be the architect behind the downfall of the Tokugawa shogunate. He was considered an outlaw by his own clan, hunted by his government, and was despised by supporters of the Shogun as well as the Loyalists for desiring the opening of Japan to the West in order to learn its technology, in the hopes of one day defeating the West with a modern army and navy.
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The Three Treasures (1959) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
日本誕生
director: Hiroshi Inagaki actor: Toshirō Mifune / Takashi Shimura …
other title: Os 3 Tesouros / 日本誕生 …
The legend of the birth of Shintoism. In Fourth Century Japan, the Emperor's son Ouso expects to succeed his father on the throne, but Otomo, the Emperor's vassal, prefers Ouso's stepbrother, and conspires to have Ouso die on a dangerous mission he has contrived. But Ouso prevails in the mission and returns to his father's castle under a new name, Prince Yamato Takeru. Otomo plots to have the Prince sent into even greater danger, but Otomo is unaware that the gods have favored the Prince and the outcome is far from what any of them expected.
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Grand Prix (1966) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Grand Prix
director: John Frankenheimer actor: James Garner / Eva Marie Saint …
other title: Grande Prémio
The most daring drivers in the world have gathered to compete for the 1966 Formula One championship. After a spectacular wreck in the first of a series of races, American wheelman Pete Aron is dropped by his sponsor. Refusing to quit, he joins a Japanese racing team. While juggling his career with a torrid love affair involving an ex-teammate's wife, Pete must also contend with Jean-Pierre Sarti, a French contestant who has previously won two world titles.
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Shag (1978) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
犬笛
director: Sadao Nakajima actor: Bunta Sugawara / Kinya Kitaoji …
other title: 犬笛
Shiro Akitsu goes on a relentless search for his abducted 7-year-old daughter, with the aid of an Ainu dog summoned by a whistle she gave him.
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The Challenge (1982) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
The Challenge
director: John Frankenheimer actor: Scott Glenn / Toshirō Mifune …
other title: L'ultima sfida / Dræbende sværd …
Rick, a down-and-out American boxer, is hired to transport a sword to Japan, unaware that the whole thing is a set up in a bitter blood-feud between two brothers, one who follows the traditional path of the samurai and the other a businessman. At the behest of the businessman, Rick undertakes samurai training from the other brother, but joins his cause. He also becomes romantically involved with the samurai's daughter.
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Samurai Pirate (1963) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
大盗賊
director: Senkichi Taniguchi actor: Toshirō Mifune / Mie Hama …
other title: Der Löwe des gelben Meeres / Le Défi des géants …
An adventurous and daring sailor sets sail to the castle of an ailing king to stop an evil premier, hungry for power and wealth, from succeeding the throne and marrying the king's beautiful daughter. Along the way, with the help of some courageous rebels and a lustful wizard, he must overcome the powers of a bewitching witch, a band of ruthless pirates, and the castle's Imperial guards. He must also free those kidnapped into slavery and restore the king's reputation.
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Sanshiro Sugata (1965) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
姿三四郎
director: Seiichiro Uchikawa actor: Yūzō Kayama / Toshirō Mifune …
other title: Sugata Sanshiro / 姿三四郎 …
Remake of Akira Kurosawa's films "Sanshiro Sugata and "Sanshiro Sugata Part II". A young man, Sanshiro Sugata, troubled by personal problems, takes up judo. His teacher, Shogoro Yano, is a devout man who has aroused the enmity of the local practitioners of jujitsu, the older and more accepted of the two sports. Sugata uses his newly learned prowess to gain a measure of respect from others; however, Shogoro insists that the sport has a spiritual side, a lesson Sugata has yet to learn. Eventually, in hand-to-hand combat with the father of a young woman he loves, he comes to understand the true meaning of judo.
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The Bushido Blade (1981) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Bushido Blade
director: Tsugunobu Kotani actor: Richard Boone / Toshirō Mifune …
other title: Bushido - La spada del sole / Das Schwert des Shogun …
A steel samurai blade that was to be given to the American ambassador by the Emperor of Japan is stolen. American sailors and Japanese samurai are sent to find it.
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Princess from the Moon (1987) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
竹取物語
director: Kon Ichikawa actor: Toshirō Mifune / Ayako Wakao …
other title: La princesa de la luna / 竹取物語 …
Two poor, married farmers have recently lost their only child; after a freak visitation, they pry open an alien cocoon to greet their new daughter.
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Winter Kills (1979) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Winter Kills
director: William Richert actor: Jeff Bridges / John Huston …
other title: Rebus per un assassino / Iskold magt …
The younger brother of an assassinated US President is led down a rabbit hole of conspiracies and dead ends after learning of a man claiming to be the real shooter.
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The Important Man (1961) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
Ánimas Trujano
director: Ismael Rodríguez actor: Toshirō Mifune / Columba Domínguez …
other title: Ánimas Trujano (El hombre importante) / Ánimas Trujano …
Animas Trujano is a colorful but irresponsible Indian in a small Mexican village. He hopes above all things someday to be chosen mayordomio of his village, a place of great honor usually conferred upon the wealthiest and most respected citizens. Animas has a loyal wife, but cheats on her and gambles away every cent they raise. Chances arise for Animas to turn over a new leaf and even hope realistically for the honor of mayordomio.
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The Idiot (1951) [Movie] Douban NeoDB IMDb TMDB WikiData
白痴
director: Akira Kurosawa actor: Setsuko Hara / Masayuki Mori …
other title: L'idiota / O Idiota …
A gentle, war-shattered ex-soldier, Kinji Kameda, arrives in wintry Hokkaidō and is pulled into a volatile tangle of love and pity between the disgraced Taeko Nasu, the proud Ayako, and his possessive friend Akama. Kameda’s saintly compassion exposes everyone’s wounds, steering the quartet toward jealousy, violence, and inexorable tragedy. Adapted from Dostoevsky’s novel.
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Japan's Longest Day (1967) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb Douban TMDB WikiData
日本のいちばん長い日
director: Kihachi Okamoto actor: Seiji Miyaguchi / Rokkō Toura …
other title: The Emperor and a General / Le jour le plus long du Japon …
Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the Allies for unconditional surrender. Minister of the Army Anami leads the military officers who propose to fight on, even to the death of every Japanese citizen. Emperor Hirohito, however, joins with his ministers in asking the unthinkable, the peaceful surrender of Japan. When the military plots a coup to overthrow the Emperor's civilian government, Anami must face the choice between his desires and loyalty to his Emperor.
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Red Sun (1971) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Soleil Rouge
director: Terence Young actor: Charles Bronson / Ursula Andress …
other title: Sole rosso / Den røde sol …
In 1870, Japanese ambassador Sakaguchi and his entourage travel by train to Washington to deliver a valuable sword to the President of the United States, a gift from the Emperor of Japan. On board the same train are two robbers, Link and Gauche, ready to make their move…
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Battle Anthem (1983) [Movie] NeoDB Douban IMDb
日本海大海戦 海ゆかば
director: 舛田利雄 actor: 三船敏郎 / 丹波哲郎
other title: 日本海大海战：海行兮 / 日本海大海戦 海ゆかば …
The story of Japan's victory in the battle of Tsushima Strait.