List of the best Toshirô Mifune movies: Yojimbo(1961), Rashomon(1950), Sanjuro(1962), The Lower Depths(1957), Samurai Banners(1969), Wedding Ring(1950), The Lost World of Sinbad(1963), I Live in Fear(1955), Samurai I(1955), Throne of Blood(1957), Stray Dog(1949), The Bad Sleep Well(1960) ... ...
8.2/10
Comedy, Adventure
Japan
1961
110 Minutes
Sanjuro Kuwabatake
Toshirô Mifune Tatsuya Nakadai Eijiro Tono Takashi Shimura Seizaburô Kawazu Isuzu Yamada Hiroshi Tachikawa Kyû Sazanka Daisuke Kato Yosuke Natsuki Kamatari Fujiwara
samurai mayor shopkeeper henchmen villager confident gripping touching small town japan gambling crime honor rivalry adventure 16th century
A crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town.
8.2/10
Drama
Japan
1950
88 Minutes
Tajomaru
Toshirô Mifune Machiko Ky? Masayuki Mori Takashi Shimura Minoru Chiaki Kichijiro Ueda Daisuke Kato Noriko Honma
husband assassin criminal samurai priest ghost crafty intricate witty suspenseful japan forest suicide rape assassination justice crime mystery pursuit 12th century
The rape of a bride and the murder of her samurai husband are recalled from the perspectives of a bandit, the bride, the samurai's ghost and a woodcutter.
8.1/10
Adventure, Action
Japan
1962
96 Minutes
Toshirô Mifune Tatsuya Nakadai Takashi Shimura Yûzô Kayama Reiko Dan Masao Shimizu Yunosuke Ito Takako Irie Kamatari Fujiwara Keiju Kobayashi
samurai uncle warrior anti-hero gang member intricate suspenseful small town barn japan corruption revenge rescue disillusionment loyalty tradition fall rise 19th century
A crafty samurai helps a young man and his fellow clansmen save his uncle, who has been framed and imprisoned by a corrupt superintendent.
7.4/10
Drama
Japan
1957
125 Minutes
Sutekichi the Thief
Toshirô Mifune Isuzu Yamada Kyoko Kagawa Ganjirô Nakamura Minoru Chiaki Kamatari Fujiwara Akemi Negishi Nijiko Kiyokawa Kôji Mitsui Eijiro Tono Haruo Tanaka
landlady thief sister husband actor gambler striking passionate boardinghouse japan infidelity jealousy love triangle sibling rivalry poverty decadence rivalry revenge 19th century
In a Japanese slum, various residents play out their lives, dreaming of better things or settling for their lot. Among them is a man who pines for a young woman but is stymied by her deceptive family.
7.1/10
Drama
Japan
1969
132 Minutes
Kansuke Yamamoto
Toshirô Mifune Kinnosuke Nakamura Yujiro Ishihara Yoshiko Sakuma Kankuro Nakamura Mayumi Ôzora Ganemon Nakamura
A shrewd 16th Century samurai helps a daimyo expand his realm.
6.9/10
Drama, Romance
Japan
1950
96 Minutes
Toshirô Mifune Kinuyo Tanaka Jukichi Uno Nobuko Otowa Kenji Susukida Mitsuko Yoshikawa Junji Masuda
A jewelry store president begins to fall for the doctor treating her husband's illness (via Hulu).
4.7/10
Fantasy
West Germany|Austria
1963
94 Minutes
Sukezaemon Naya
Toshirô Mifune Makoto Satoh Jun Funado Ichiro Arishima
A former sheriff begins to persecute the gang led by Pedro Ortiz, after his wife is taken away.
Drama
1955
105 Minutes
Kiichi Nakajima
Toshirô Mifune Eiko Miyoshi Haruko Tôgô Masao Shimizu Yutaka Sada Noriko Sengoku Minoru Chiaki Kyôko Aoyama Akemi Negishi Kichijiro Ueda Takashi Shimura
factory worker business owner doctor counselor old man wife bleak disheartening moving japan court house nuclear war fear family dysfunction insanity escape fall underdog 1950s
Believing that nuclear holocaust is imminent, an elderly industrialist (Toshirô Mifune) decides to move his family to Brazil.
Adventure, Sports & Fitness
1955
92 Minutes
Musashi Miyamoto
Toshirô Mifune Kaoru Yachigusa Rentarô Mikuni Mariko Okada Kuroemon Onoe Mitsuko Mito Eiko Miyoshi
warrior wife mother girlfriend samurai spectacular suspenseful intense japan war forbidden love martial arts transformation quest escape 17th century
The first part of director Hiroshi Inagaki's trilogy based on 17th-century Japanese warrior Musashi Miyamoto.
Drama
1957
108 Minutes
Taketori Washizu
Toshirô Mifune Isuzu Yamada Takashi Shimura Minoru Chiaki Akira Kubo Takamaru Sasaki Chieko Naniwa
samurai lord wife son rival gripping chilling japan castle forest ambition assassination revenge fall transformation 15th century
A Japanese version of "Macbeth" features a samurai (Toshirô Mifune), his scheming wife (Isuzu Yamada) and a flurry-of-arrows finale.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
1949
122 Minutes
Murakami
Toshirô Mifune Takashi Shimura Keiko Awaji Eiko Miyoshi Noriko Sengoku Noriko Honma Reikichi Kawamura Eijiro Tono
police officer criminal stripper mentor brooding dark tokyo slum nightclub police station crime corruption poverty murder pursuit mystery 1940s
Two detectives (Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura) track one's stolen revolver into the underworld of late-1940s Tokyo.
Crime, Drama
1960
144 Minutes
Koichi Nishi
Toshirô Mifune Takeshi Kato Masayuki Mori Kyoko Kagawa Tatsuya Mihashi Takashi Shimura Kô Nishimura
daughter son father businessman vice president lawyer outlandish eerie japan wedding cemetery office revenge suicide corporate greed corruption cover-up rivalry wretched excess pursuit
Japanese police and a tycoon's (Masayuki Mori) son-in-law (Toshirô Mifune) discover deadly corporate corruption.
Action
1954
208 Minutes
Kikuchiyo
Toshirô Mifune Takashi Shimura Yoshio Inaba Seiji Miyaguchi Minoru Chiaki Daisuke Kato Isao Kimura Kunihori Kodo Kamatari Fujiwara Yoshio Tsuchiya
samurai villager bandit monk farmer tense intricate village japan honor kidnapping showdown violence father/daughter relationship hope rescue quest rivalry sacrifice 16th century
A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves.
Comedy
1958
139 Minutes
General Rokurota Makabe
Toshirô Mifune Misa Uehara Minoru Chiaki Kamatari Fujiwara Susumu Fujita Takashi Shimura
general peasant princess wife young girl amusing rousing thrilling battlefield japan forest fort dangerous assignment expedition gold war adventure quest middle ages
Two medieval misfits help a beaten Japanese warlord (Toshirô Mifune) and his princess (Misa Uehara) escape with the royal gold.
Drama
1948
102 Minutes
Matsunaga
Toshirô Mifune Takashi Shimura Reizaburo Yamamoto Michiyo Kogure
doctor gangster criminal victim neighbor gritty tokyo doctor's office alcoholism disease injury teamwork quest 1940s
Akira Kurosawa's postwar allegory focusing on an alcoholic doctor's determination to cure a gangster of tuberculosis.
8.0/10
Drama
Japan
1966
122 Minutes
Tatsuya Nakadai Toshirô Mifune Yûzô Kayama Michiyo Aratama Ichirô Nakatani Yôko Naitô Kei Satô
samurai competitor brother mistress assassin intense chilling japan geisha house madness dueling ghosts revenge wretched excess rivalry adventure ancient times
Through his unconscionable actions against others, a sociopath samurai builds a trail of vendettas that follow him closely.
7.3/10
Drama
USA
1969
103 Minutes
pilot military officer intense raw bleak pacific ocean island world war ii survival cooperation transformation rivalry escape discovery 1940s
During World War II, an American pilot and a marooned Japanese navy captain are deserted on a small uninhabited island in the Pacific Ocean. There, they must cease their hostility and cooperate if they want to survive, but will they?
7.1/10
Action, Adventure
Japan
1970
117 Minutes
Shintarô Katsu Toshirô Mifune Ayako Wakao Osamu Takizawa Sakatoshi Masakane Shin Kishida Kanjuro Arashi Toshiyuki Hosokawa
Zatoichi tries to unrest the mob rule over a small village all while the gang leader's bodyguard is actually the Yojimbo, secretly taking the gang down from the inside. Will the two heroes realize in time that they are on the same side?
7.1/10
Adventure
Japan
1970
115 Minutes
Shintarô Katsu Toshirô Mifune Kinnosuke Nakamura Ruriko Asaoka Yujiro Ishihara Mika Kitagawa
Sent on a secret mission, a ronin must discover who his friends are and who must die.
6.4/10
Crime, Drama
USA|Japan
1982
112 Minutes
Scott Glenn Toshirô Mifune Atsuo Nakamura Donna Kei Benz Calvin Jung Clyde Kusatsu Sab Shimada Yoshio Inaba Seiji Miyaguchi Miiko Taka Kiyoako Nagai
A down-and-out American boxer becomes involved in a feud between two Japanese brothers.
5.9/10
Adventure
UK
1975
99 Minutes
David Niven Toshirô Mifune Ando Hardy Kruger Ivan Desny Ronald Fraser
tutor japanese man ambassador son kidnapper intense brooding profound melodramatic incredible suspenseful united kingdom kidnapping military truth military secrets heroes rise fall adventure
A somewhat prim and proper Englishman is hired as the tutor to the son of the Japanese ambassador. His life changes when he and the boy are kidnapped by terrorists for political purposes.
5.8/10
Adventure
France|Canada
1993
112 Minutes
Lou Diamond Phillips Toshirô Mifune Jennifer Tilly Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu Donald Sutherland Nicholas Campbell Raoul Trujillo Qalingo Tookalak Harry Hill
In Canada's North during the 1930s, a young Inuit kills a White trader and is pursued by the police but his father is determined to protect his fugitive son at any cost.
War
1961
98 Minutes
Yosuke Natsuki Toshirô Mifune Koji Tsurata Misa Uehara Aiko Mimasu Jun Tazaki Makoto Satô Takashi Shimura Daisuke Kato Akira Takarada Hiroshi Koizumi
Drama
1980
125 Minutes
Lord Yoshi Toranaga
Richard Chamberlain Toshirô Mifune Yoko Shimada Frankie Sakai Alan Badel Michael Hordern Damien Thomas John Rhys-Davies Vladek Sheybal George Innes Leon Lissek
A shipwrecked English navigator (Richard Chamberlain) joins a warlord's (Toshirô Mifune) power struggle in 17th-century Japan.
Western
1972
112 Minutes
Kuroda Jubie
Charles Bronson Ursula Andress Toshirô Mifune Alain Delon Capucine Tetsu Nakamura Bart Barry Guido Lollobrigida
bandit outlaw samurai prostitute sheriff ambassador rousing lighthearted arizona train desert field brothel double-cross robbery hostage situation gold honor pursuit transformation
An outlaw (Charles Bronson) and a samurai (Toshirô Mifune) team up to recover loot and a stolen ceremonial sword in the Old West.
7.2/10
Drama
USA
1966
179 Minutes
Izo Yamura
James Garner Eva Marie Saint Yves Montand Toshirô Mifune Brian Bedford Jessica Walter Antonio Sabato Françoise Hardy
driver teammate wife girlfriend cool thrilling racetrack monaco germany united states italy grand prix comeback affair quest rivalry 1960s
American Grand Prix driver Pete Aron is fired by his Jordan-BRM racing team after a crash at Monaco that injures his British teammate, Scott Stoddard.
7.1/10
Adventure, Action
Japan
1978
159 Minutes
Tsuchiya
Sonny Chiba Kinnosuke Nakamura Tsunehiko Watase Toshirô Mifune Kyôko Enami Shinsuke Mikimoto Teruhiko Saigô Takuya Fujioka
This is the story of "The Forty-Seven Ronin." Based on historical events in 1701-2, the movie tells the tale of the Asano clan's downfall and the revenge of its former samurai on the perpetrator of the catastrophe.
6.9/10
Sports & Fitness, Adventure
Japan
1969
116 Minutes
Gonzo
Yunosuke Ito Shima Iwashita Shigeru Kohyama Toshirô Mifune Yûko Mochizuki Nobuko Otowa Etsushi Takahashi Takahiro Tamura No Terada Jitsuko Yoshimura
Impersonating an Imperial Army officer by wearing a "red lion's mane", a poor servant returns to his village after 10 years of absence to end the village's suffering caused by corrupt ... See full summary »
2.6/10
Drama, History
South Korea|USA
1981
140 Minutes
Saito-San
Laurence Olivier Jacqueline Bisset Ben Gazzara Toshirô Mifune Richard Roundtree David Janssen Gabriele Ferzetti Rex Reed Sabine Sun Dorothy James Karen Kahn
During the Korean War, General Douglas MacArthur masterminds the amphibious invasion of Inchon in September 1950.
6.6/10
Drama
Japan|USA
1994
98 Minutes
The Benshi
Youki Kudoh Akira Takayama Tamlyn Tomita Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa Toshirô Mifune Yoko Sugi
wife husband friend boss spokeswoman engaging dreamy moving sad hawaii plantation arranged marriage immigrants worker's rights abusive marriage labor tragic death transformation escape 1910s
Riyo marries a man more than twice her age. She is devastated and labors in the sugar cane field. At the end she is able to love her husband.
7.5/10
Action
Japan
1965
122 Minutes
Tsuruchiyo Niiro
Michiyo Aratama Susumu Fujita Chusha Ichikawa Yunosuke Ito Keiju Kobayashi Koshiro Matsumoto Toshirô Mifune Takashi Shimura Haruko Sugimura Nami Tamura Kaoru Yachigusa
February 17 to March 3, 1860, inside Edo castle. A group of assassins wait by Sakurada Gate to kill the lord of the House of Ii, a powerful man in the Tokugawa government, which has ruled ... See full summary »
6.8/10
War
USA
1976
132 Minutes
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
Charlton Heston Henry Fonda James Coburn Glenn Ford Hal Holbrook Robert Mitchum Cliff Robertson Toshirô Mifune Robert Wagner Edward Albert Robert Webber
naval officer admiral captain japanese soldier pilot gripping tense thrilling military base aircraft carrier japan world war ii japan naval warfare father/son relationship code breaking battle of midway quest adventure underdog
A dramatization of the battle that was widely heralded as a turning point of the Pacific Theatre of World War II.
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