
April 1, 1920 · 106 years old
Toshirō Mifune (April 1, 1920 - December 24, 1997) was a Japanese actor who is widely regarded as one of the greatest actors in the history of Japanese cinema. He was born in Qingdao, China, but was raised in Japan. Mifune's career spanned over 50 years, during which he collaborated extensively with…

Farmers from a village exploited by bandits hire a veteran samurai for protection, and he gathers six other samurai to join him.

Three parties and a witness have four versions of a rape/murder in ninth-century Japan.

A crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town.

An executive of a Yokohama shoe company becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped by mistake and held for ransom.

A war-hardened general, egged on by his ambitious wife, works to fulfill a prophecy that he would become lord of Spider's Web Castle.

Lured by gold, two greedy peasants unknowingly escort a princess and her general across enemy lines.

A crafty samurai helps a young man and his fellow clansmen trying to save his uncle, who has been framed and imprisoned by a corrupt superintendent.

Hysterical Californians prepare for a Japanese invasion in the days after Pearl Harbor.

A dramatization of the battle that was widely heralded as a turning point of the Pacific Theatre of World War II.

In 19th-century Japan, a rough-tempered yet charitable town doctor trains a young intern.

During a sweltering summer, a rookie homicide detective seeks advice from a seasoned colleague while trying to track down his stolen Colt pistol.

The mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped away from her husband by the lord. The husband and his samurai father must decide whether to accept the unjust decision, or risk death to get her back.

A vengeful young man marries the daughter of a corrupt industrialist in order to seek justice for his father's suicide.

A drunken doctor with a hot temper and a violence-prone gangster with tuberculosis form a quicksilver bond.

Through his unconscionable actions against others, a sociopath samurai builds a trail of vendettas that follow him closely.

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.

In 1870, a gang robs a train and steals a ceremonial Japanese sword meant as a gift for the U.S. President, prompting a manhunt to retrieve it.

Depicts the early life of the legendary warrior Musashi Miyamoto; his years as an aspiring warrior, an outlaw and finally a true samurai.

Follows a woman's fight and survival amid the vicissitudes of life and the cruelty of society.

Musashi Miyamoto returns to Kyoto after years of absence. After a series of fights against the Yoshioka School, he challenges its master to a duel.

Musashi Miyamoto is challenged to a duel by a confident swordsman Sasaki Kojiro. He agrees to fight him in a year's time.

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.

An aging Japanese industrialist becomes so fearful of nuclear war that it begins to take a toll on his life and family.

A Japanese veteran, driven partially mad from the war, travels to the snowy island of Hokkaido where he soon enters a love triangle with his best friend and a disgraced woman.

A surgeon gets syphilis from a patient when he cuts himself during an operation. The doctor's life is destroyed, but unlike the patient, he doesn't destroy others along with him.

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...

A down-and-out American boxer becomes involved in a feud between two Japanese brothers.

After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor.

After the Tokugawa shogun's death by poisoning, his sons Iemitsu and Tadanaga compete for the shogunate, dividing the land into warring factions. Iemitsu's mentor, betrays all to secure Iemitsu's power, leading to widespread confl...

A poor rickshaw driver finds himself helping a young woman and her son after the woman's husband dies suddenly.

A dramatization of the 24-hour period in which the Japanese government was deadlocked over the decision to accept or reject the Allies' demand for an unconditional surrender following the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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.

A shrewd 16th Century samurai helps a daimyo expand his realm.

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.

Three bank robbers on the run from the police hide out in a remote mountain lodge high up in the snowy Japanese Alps.

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.