Toshiro Mifune movie career page

(139 min)

1958 - Swordplay, Drama - Japan

Two peasants are mistaken for the enemy as they arrived to late to the war.. While hiding out in the mountains they find a piece of a defeated clans treasure. As the two peasants look for more treasure, they encounter an imposing man who proposes them a deal. They smuggle the royal treasure out together and they get to split the gold. Little do the two peasants know that their companions are the general of the defeated army and the princess. As they start their journey, the peasants greed almost puts them all into enemy hands.

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Director : Akira Kurosawa

Cast : Toshiro Mifune, Misa Uehara, Minoru Chiaki, Kamatari Fujiwara, Takashi Shimura, Susumu Fujita

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Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto

(93 min)

1954 - Swordplay - Japan

A series of civil wars bled through Japan in the 1600's. It affected the moral fiber of its people and led many to leave their families for the coldness of the battleground and into the heat of a distant fate. Though, for a few, the civil wars provided a means of escape from their mundane lives, giving those who would risk it all for fame and fortune. The few who got tired becoming farmers or husbands were able to rise from steamy fields of blood, and become Samurais. Toshiro Mifune plays Takezo, a farmer with a bittered family life who leaves his village with his best friend, Matahachi, in search of adventure and glory. The side they start fighting on loses and Takezo and Matahachi are the only few left alive from the skirmish. Within the post stages of the feudal war, Takezo's idea of the world changes as he is confronted with the many obstacles that will tear him up inside as a Man, but will in turn benefit his understandings and his learning's of becoming a Samurai. This is the fi

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Director : Hiroshi Inagaki

Cast : Toshiro Mifune, Rentaro Mikuni, Kuroemon Onoe, Kaoru Yachigusa, Mariko Okada, Mitsuko Mito

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Samurai 2: Duel At Ichijoji Temple

(103 min)

1955 - Swordplay - Japan

In the sophomore installment of the Samurai Trilogy, Musashi Miyamoto leaves his "Takezo" past behind him as he heads off into uncertain terrain. Traveling beyond his usual surroundings and into the wilderness, he spends a year finding himself and ways of reaching his ultimate goal: to become a true samurai. The principle supporting cast of Matahachi, Otsu, Oko, Akemi and Takuan come back as fuller three-dimensional characters. Joining the gang are Kojiro Sasaki (Koji Tsuruta), a young, but well-trained swordsman who befriends Miyamoto during this time, and Seijuro (Akihiko Hirata) the headmaster of a famous sword school that wants to hunt down and kill Miyamoto for embarrassing the name of their clan. The story is filled with five times the amount of action than the first episode, but also has a gentler feel to it as the relationship between Otsu and Miyamoto blossom. With the finale exploding at Ichijoji Temple, we see an ignorant Miyamoto reach a higher level of spirituality in

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Director : Hiroshi Inagaki

Cast : Toshiro Mifune, Koji Tsuruta, Kaoru Yachigusa, Mariko Okada, Michiyo Kogure, Mitsuko Mito

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Samurai 3: Duel at Ganryu Island

(104 min)

1956 - Swordplay - Japan

The culmination of the Samurai series is filled with much loss and tragedy, but rides along the waves of hope and optimism. In turbulent times, one can only look up and into other things that may help you find worth. For Musashi Miyamoto, he searches through the haze of suffering and war finding his place among the ranks of famous samurai. As Miyamoto nears the end of his search, through leaving Otsu and finding her again, protecting a small village from dangerous brigands, and finally his match with the peerless Kojiro Sasaki, it may seem odd to most that there is a little disappointed look on Miyamoto's face as he accomplishes his lifelong goal. In many and obvious ways, the journey itself was profound and unique. What if there was nothing else to life than what you had already accomplished? And in turn, can confuse a person. Maybe Miyamoto realizes that possibly there is a much more to winning duels and fame that makes one a Samurai. In this last chapter of the legendary Musashi Mi

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Director : Hiroshi Inagaki

Cast : Toshiro Mifune, Koji Tsuruta, Kaoru Yachigusa, Mariko Okada, Machiko Saga, Takashi Shimura

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Sanjuro

(92 min)

1962 - Swordplay - Japan

Wandering ronin Sanjuro decides to aid a group of men in ending the corruption of their clan. But the small group is very skeptical about the untraditional methods that Sanjuro is proposing to overcome the corrupted lord. "A good man can be hard to disguise. A good Samurai even harder."

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Director : Akira Kurosawa

Cast : Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Reiko Dan, Kamatari Fujiwara, Yuzo Kayama, Takashi Shimura

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Shogun's Samurai: The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy

(130 min)

1978 - Chambara, Drama - Japan

SHOGUN'S SAMURAI follows an epic war between two brothers over their father Shogun Hidetada's death and who will rightfully claim the throne, a position he had desired for his eldest son. The intrigue runs deeper with the Yagyu clan and nobles pulling the strings in this conflict, each vying for the fruition of their own desires, such as the nobles' wish to restore power to the Emperor.

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Director : Kinji Fukasaku

Cast : Sonny Chiba, Hiroyuki Sanada, Tetsuro Tamba, Toshiro Mifune, Kinnosuke Yorozuya

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Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo

(116 min)

1970 - Chambara - Japan

Zatoichi (Shintaro Katsu) strolls into a town that he’s been away from for 3 long years, retaining only the fondest memories of his stay there. What he ends up running into is a web of gold related conspiracy and general backstabbery. Masagoro, the leader of the town running Kobotoke clan, is attempting to steal the gold from the Shogunate Mint which is run by his brother who himself is debasing the loot. In steps Zatoichi, prompting Masagoro to hire the yojimbo Sasa Daisuke (Toshiro Mifune) to get rid of him. Zatoichi must simultaneously protect his neck and get to the bottom of the villages troubles in this film by Okamoto Kihachi.

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Director : Kihachi Okamoto

Cast : Shintaro Katsu, Toshiro Mifune, Ayako Wakao, Osamu Takizawa

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