Toshirō Mifune: movies and TV shows
Toshirō Mifune has 192 credits in the archive: 180 films and 12 TV series, from 1947 to 2016. Highest rated: Admiral Yamamoto (8.5/10).
Career timeline
1947 – 2016 · busiest year: 1951 (8 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Mifune: The Last Samurai | Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage) | Film | 7.1 | 96 |
| 2012 | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | (archive footage) | Film | 7.6 | 92 |
| 2002 | Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress' | Self | Film | 8.0 | 82 |
| 1995 | Deep River | Tsukada | Film | 7.3 | 75 |
| 1995 | Picture Bride | The Benshi | Film | 6.5 | 75 |
| 1992 | Shadow of the Wolf | Kroomak | Film | 5.8 | 72 |
| 1991 | Journey of Honor | Ieyasu Tokugawa | Film | 5.1 | 71 |
| 1991 | Strawberry Road | Taoka | Film | 9.5 | 71 |
| 1990 | Heaven and Earth: Dawn Episode | Nagao Tamekage | Film | 10.0 | 70 |
| 1989 | The Demon Comes in Spring | Kukkune no jî | Film | 10.0 | 69 |
| 1989 | Death of a Tea Master | Rikyu Sen-no | Film | 5.6 | 69 |
| 1989 | cf Girl | Shūichirō Hase | Film | 7.0 | 69 |
| 1987 | Princess from the Moon | Taketori-no-Miyatsuko | Film | 6.5 | 67 |
| 1987 | Tora-san Goes North | Junkichi Ueno | Film | 9.0 | 67 |
| 1987 | The Retired Samurai | Hikozaemon Ōkubo | Film | — | 67 |
| 1987 | The Shatterer | Murai | Film | 10.0 | 67 |
| 1986 | The Ballad of the Sea of Genkai | Kyūbei Matsufuji | Film | 7.0 | 66 |
| 1985 | No More God, No More Love | Kōzō Kanzaki | Film | 7.0 | 65 |
| 1984 | Burning Mountain River | Otsuichi Amo | TV | 8.0 | 64 |
| 1984 | Okita Soji: Swordsman of Fire | Shūsai Kondō | Film | — | 64 |
| 1984 | The Miracle of Joe, the Petrel | Fisherman | Film | 6.7 | 64 |
| 1983 | Lowly Ronin 5: The Teenage Orphan Girl | Sûrônin Rakuyôjûrô | Film | 8.0 | 63 |
| 1983 | Theater Of Life | Hyōtarō Aonari | Film | 9.0 | 63 |
| 1983 | Battle Anthem | Admiral Heihachiro Togo | Film | 7.7 | 63 |
| 1983 | The Brave Man Says Little | TV | — | 63 | |
| 1983 | The Women of Osaka Castle | Tokugawa Ieyasu | Film | — | 63 |
| 1983 | Lowly Ronin 4: Living Hell | Sanjuro Hinoki | Film | — | 63 |
| 1983 | Secret of the Forbidden Valley | Film | 7.0 | 63 | |
| 1983 | Lowly Ronin 6: Betrayal at Yatate Pass | Sûrônin Hinoki Sajûrô | Film | — | 63 |
| 1982 | Lowly Ronin 2: The Spray of Blood | Sanjuro Hinoki | Film | 8.0 | 62 |
| 1982 | Domineering | Masao Tadokoro | Film | 6.0 | 62 |
| 1982 | The Challenge | Toru Yoshida | Film | 5.9 | 62 |
| 1982 | Ten Duels of Young Shingo: Chapter 2 | Tamon Umei | Film | 10.0 | 62 |
| 1982 | The Lowly Ronin 3: Duel at Dawn | Film | 9.0 | 62 | |
| 1981 | The Bushido Blade | Shogun's Commander | Film | 5.5 | 61 |
| 1981 | Tuesday Suspense Theater | TV | — | 61 | |
| 1981 | Inchon | Saito-San | Film | 3.9 | 61 |
| 1981 | Lowly Ronin | Sanjuro Hinoki | Film | 8.0 | 61 |
| 1981 | Ten Duels of Young Shingo: Chapter 1 | Tamon Umei | Film | 5.8 | 61 |
| 1981 | Sekigahara | Sakon Shima | TV | 6.5 | 61 |
| 1980 | Shōgun | Lord Yoshi Toranaga | TV | 7.7 | 60 |
| 1980 | Shogun | Lord Yoshi Toranaga | Film | 7.0 | 60 |
| 1980 | Port Arthur | Emperor Meiji | Film | 7.4 | 60 |
| 1979 | The 47 Ronins of Ako | Tachibana Sakon | TV | — | 59 |
| 1979 | 1941 | Cmdr. Akiro Mitamura | Film | 5.8 | 59 |
| 1979 | Winter Kills | Keith | Film | 5.8 | 59 |
| 1979 | The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi | Kindaichi of 11th Generation in "The Woman in the Eye" | Film | 6.3 | 59 |
| 1979 | Onmitsu Doshin: The Edo Secret Police | Sadanobu Matsudaira | Film | 6.0 | 59 |
| 1979 | Onmitsu Doshin: The Edo Secret Police | Film | 6.0 | 59 | |
| 1978 | Falcons of Edo | Kanbei Uchiyama | TV | 8.5 | 58 |
| 1978 | The Fall of Ako Castle | Tsuchiya Michinao | Film | 6.7 | 58 |
| 1978 | Shogun's Samurai | Yoshinao Tokugawa | Film | 7.0 | 58 |
| 1978 | Love and Faith | Taiko Hideyoshi | Film | 6.4 | 58 |
| 1978 | Shag | Captain Takeo Murata | Film | 7.5 | 58 |
| 1978 | Shag | Film | 7.5 | 58 | |
| 1978 | Japanese Godfather: Conclusion | Kosuke Oishi | Film | 7.3 | 58 |
| 1978 | Lord Mito | Sakuzaemon Okumura | Film | 9.8 | 58 |
| 1977 | Proof of the Man | Yohei Kori | Film | 7.8 | 57 |
| 1977 | Japanese Godfather: Ambition | Kosuke Oishi | Film | 7.7 | 57 |
| 1976 | Midway | Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto | Film | 6.6 | 56 |
| 1976 | Ronin in a Lawless Town | Mr. Danna | TV | 8.0 | 56 |
| 1975 | Paper Tiger | Ambassador Kagoyama | Film | 6.3 | 55 |
| 1972 | Ronin of the Wastelands | Kujuro Toge | TV | 10.0 | 52 |
| 1972 | Ronin of the Wastelands | TV | 10.0 | 52 | |
| 1971 | Epic Chushingura | Oishi Kuranosuke | TV | 9.0 | 51 |
| 1971 | V.I.P. Schaukel | Self | TV | 8.0 | 51 |
| 1971 | Red Sun | Kuroda Jubei | Film | 6.8 | 51 |
| 1971 | Morning for Two | Film | 8.0 | 51 | |
| 1970 | The Ambitious | Shojiro Goto | Film | 7.3 | 50 |
| 1970 | Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo | Yojimbo/Sasa | Film | 6.8 | 50 |
| 1970 | The Militarists | Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto | Film | 7.5 | 50 |
| 1970 | The Walking Major | Kinugasa Tadao | Film | 6.0 | 50 |
| 1970 | Incident at Blood Pass | Yojimbo | Film | 6.9 | 50 |
| 1970 | Incident at Blood Pass | Film | 6.9 | 50 | |
| 1969 | Red Lion | Gonzo | Film | 6.5 | 49 |
| 1969 | Red Lion | Film | 6.5 | 49 | |
| 1969 | Battle of the Japan Sea | Admiral Heihachiro Togo | Film | 6.4 | 49 |
| 1969 | Samurai Banners | Kansuke Yamamoto | Film | 7.4 | 49 |
| 1969 | Samurai Banners | Film | 7.4 | 49 | |
| 1969 | Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor | Isami Kondo | Film | 6.9 | 49 |
| 1969 | Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor | Film | 6.9 | 49 | |
| 1969 | Safari 5000 | Yūichirō Takase | Film | 7.2 | 49 |
| 1968 | Admiral Yamamoto | Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto | Film | 8.5 | 48 |
| 1968 | The Day the Sun Rose | Kumaza | Film | 8.0 | 48 |
| 1968 | Hell in the Pacific | Captain Tsuruhiko Kuroda | Film | 7.0 | 48 |
| 1968 | The Sands of Kurobe | Kitagawa | Film | 7.0 | 48 |
| 1967 | Samurai Rebellion | Isaburo Sasahara | Film | 8.2 | 47 |
| 1967 | Samurai Rebellion | Film | 8.2 | 47 | |
| 1967 | Japan's Longest Day | War Minister General Korechika Anami | Film | 7.3 | 47 |
| 1966 | The Sword of Doom | Toranosuke Shimada | Film | 7.7 | 46 |
| 1966 | Grand Prix | Izō Yamura | Film | 7.3 | 46 |
| 1966 | Adventure in Kigan Castle | Osami | Film | 6.2 | 46 |
| 1966 | Adventure in Kigan Castle | Film | 6.2 | 46 | |
| 1966 | Rise Against the Sword | Abare Gōemon | Film | 6.3 | 46 |
| 1966 | Grand Prix: Challenge of the Champions | Self | Film | 8.0 | 46 |
| 1966 | The Mad Atlantic | Heihachirô Murakami | Film | 9.0 | 46 |
| 1966 | The Mad Atlantic | Film | 9.0 | 46 | |
| 1965 | Red Beard | Dr. Kyojio Niide ("Red Beard") | Film | 8.2 | 45 |
| 1965 | Samurai Assassin | Tsuruchiyo Niiro | Film | 7.4 | 45 |
| 1965 | The Retreat from Kiska | Omura | Film | 8.5 | 45 |
| 1965 | Fort Graveyard | Sergeant Kosugi | Film | 6.1 | 45 |
| 1965 | Fort Graveyard | Film | 6.1 | 45 | |
| 1965 | Sanshiro Sugata | Shogoro Yano | Film | 7.1 | 45 |
| 1964 | Whirlwind | Lord Akashi | Film | 6.6 | 44 |
| 1963 | High and Low | Kingo Gondo | Film | 8.4 | 43 |
| 1963 | Attack Squadron | Lt. Colonel Senda | Film | 7.0 | 43 |
| 1963 | Legacy of the 500,000 | Takeichi Matsuo | Film | 6.9 | 43 |
| 1963 | Legacy of the 500,000 | Film | 6.9 | 43 | |
| 1963 | Legacy of the 500,000 | Film | 6.9 | 43 | |
| 1963 | Samurai Pirate | Sukezaemon Naya, aka 'Luzon' [Sinbad, in US version] | Film | 5.9 | 43 |
| 1962 | Sanjuro | Sanjûrô Tsubaki / The ronin | Film | 7.9 | 42 |
| 1962 | Chûshingura | Genba Tawaraboshi | Film | 7.1 | 42 |
| 1962 | Tatsu | Tatsu | Film | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1962 | Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong | Zhang Zhizhang | Film | 6.5 | 42 |
| 1961 | Yojimbo | Sanjuro Kuwabatake / The Samurai | Film | 8.1 | 41 |
| 1961 | The Important Man | Ánimas Trujano | Film | 7.9 | 41 |
| 1961 | Daredevil in the Castle | Mohei | Film | 7.5 | 41 |
| 1961 | The Masterless 47 – Part II | Film | 9.0 | 41 | |
| 1961 | The Youth and His Amulet | Fudo-Myo (Immovable Bright King) | Film | 9.0 | 41 |
| 1960 | The Bad Sleep Well | Kôichi Nishi | Film | 7.7 | 40 |
| 1960 | The Gambling Samurai | Kunisada Chuji | Film | 6.9 | 40 |
| 1960 | The Last Gunfight | Detective Saburo Fujioka | Film | 6.2 | 40 |
| 1960 | The Masterless 47 | Kazuo Momoi | Film | 10.0 | 40 |
| 1960 | The Storm of the Pacific | Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi | Film | 6.0 | 40 |
| 1960 | Man Against Man | Kaji | Film | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1959 | Saga of the Vagabonds | Rokuro Kai | Film | 6.8 | 39 |
| 1959 | Samurai Saga | Heihachiro Komaki | Film | 6.9 | 39 |
| 1959 | The Three Treasures | Prince Yamato Takeru | Film | 5.5 | 39 |
| 1959 | Desperado Outpost | Battalion Commander | Film | 6.3 | 39 |
| 1959 | The Big Boss | Kashimura | Film | 6.5 | 39 |
| 1958 | The Hidden Fortress | General Rokurota Makabe | Film | 8.0 | 38 |
| 1958 | Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II | Tasaburo | Film | 5.4 | 38 |
| 1958 | The Rickshaw Man | Matsugorō Tomishima | Film | 7.2 | 38 |
| 1958 | Theater of Life | Film | 10.0 | 38 | |
| 1958 | All About Marriage | Acting teacher | Film | 10.0 | 38 |
| 1958 | Holiday in Tokyo | Tenkai's nephew Jirō | Film | 9.0 | 38 |
| 1958 | Yaji and Kita on the Road | Toshinoshin Taya | Film | — | 38 |
| 1957 | Throne of Blood | Taketoki Washizu | Film | 7.9 | 37 |
| 1957 | Yagyu Secret Scrolls | Tasaburō Kasumi | Film | 6.5 | 37 |
| 1957 | The Lower Depths | Sutekichi the Thief | Film | 7.1 | 37 |
| 1957 | A Dangerous Hero | Kawada | Film | 9.0 | 37 |
| 1957 | A Man in the Storm | Saburō Watari | Film | 7.0 | 37 |
| 1957 | Down Town | Yoshio Tsuruishi | Film | 8.0 | 37 |
| 1957 | Good Luck to These Two | Toshio Maruyama | Film | 8.0 | 37 |
| 1956 | Scoundrel | Kanji | Film | — | 36 |
| 1956 | Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island | Musashi Miyamoto a.k.a. Takezo | Film | 7.2 | 36 |
| 1956 | The Underworld | Chief Inspector Kumada | Film | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1956 | A Wife's Heart | Kenkichi | Film | 6.9 | 36 |
| 1956 | Settlement of Love | Shuntarō Ōhira | Film | 9.0 | 36 |
| 1956 | Rainy Night Duel | Masahiko Koseki | Film | 8.0 | 36 |
| 1956 | Rebels on the High Sea | Matsuo Tokuzō | Film | 9.0 | 36 |
| 1955 | I Live in Fear | Kiichi Nakajima | Film | 7.3 | 35 |
| 1955 | Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple | Musashi Miyamoto a.k.a. Takezo | Film | 7.2 | 35 |
| 1955 | All is Well 2 | Daikichi Risshun | Film | 10.0 | 35 |
| 1955 | No Time for Tears | Mitsuo Yano | Film | 9.0 | 35 |
| 1955 | All is Well | Daikichi Risshun | Film | 10.0 | 35 |
| 1955 | A Man Among Men | "Buick" Maki | Film | 8.0 | 35 |
| 1954 | Seven Samurai | Kikuchiyo | Film | 8.4 | 34 |
| 1954 | Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto | Musashi Miyamoto a.k.a. Takezo | Film | 7.2 | 34 |
| 1954 | The Black Fury | Eiichi Tsuda | Film | 8.0 | 34 |
| 1954 | The Surf | Skipper of the Utashima-maru | Film | 8.0 | 34 |
| 1953 | The Last Embrace | Shinkichi / Hayakawa | Film | 10.0 | 33 |
| 1953 | Sunflower Girl | Ippei Hitachi | Film | 10.0 | 33 |
| 1953 | My Wonderful Yellow Car | Matsumura | Film | 7.0 | 33 |
| 1953 | The Eagle of the Pacific | 1st Lieutenant Tomonaga | Film | 7.8 | 33 |
| 1952 | Foghorn | Chiyokichi | Film | 10.0 | 32 |
| 1952 | The Man Who Came to Port | Gorō Niinuma | Film | 10.0 | 32 |
| 1952 | The Life of Oharu | Katsunosuke | Film | 7.7 | 32 |
| 1952 | Sword for Hire | Sasa Hayatenosuke | Film | 6.7 | 32 |
| 1952 | Vendetta of a Samurai | Mataemon Araki | Film | 6.6 | 32 |
| 1952 | Tokyo Sweetheart | Kurokawa | Film | 8.0 | 32 |
| 1952 | Kin no tamago: Golden Girl | Film | 9.0 | 32 | |
| 1952 | Swift Current | Shunsuke Kosugi | Film | 7.0 | 32 |
| 1951 | Who Knows a Woman's Heart | Mizuno | Film | 10.0 | 31 |
| 1951 | The Idiot | Denkichi Akama | Film | 7.0 | 31 |
| 1951 | Sasaki Kojiro | Miyamoto Musashi | Film | 6.0 | 31 |
| 1951 | Elegy | Prosecutor Daisuke Toki | Film | 9.0 | 31 |
| 1951 | The Life of a Horse Trader | Yonetaro Katayama | Film | 6.8 | 31 |
| 1951 | Beyond Love and Hate | Gorō Sakata | Film | 7.0 | 31 |
| 1951 | Pirates | Tora | Film | 10.0 | 31 |
| 1951 | Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre | Kenji Kawakami | Film | 10.0 | 31 |
| 1950 | Rashomon | Tajômaru | Film | 8.0 | 30 |
| 1950 | Scandal | Ichirô Aoye | Film | 6.9 | 30 |
| 1950 | Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka | Teisaku Nagasawa | Film | 6.9 | 30 |
| 1950 | Wedding Ring | Takeshi Ema | Film | 6.6 | 30 |
| 1950 | Escape from Prison | Shinkichi | Film | 10.0 | 30 |
| 1949 | Stray Dog | Det. Murakami | Film | 7.6 | 29 |
| 1949 | The Quiet Duel | Dr. Kyoji Fujisaki | Film | 7.3 | 29 |
| 1949 | Jakoman and Tetsu | Tetsu | Film | 10.0 | 29 |
| 1948 | Drunken Angel | Matsunaga | Film | 7.6 | 28 |
| 1947 | Snow Trail | Eijima | Film | 7.0 | 27 |
| 1947 | These Foolish Times | Genzaburo Onō, Gang Boss | Film | 10.0 | 27 |