Toshiro Mifune


 
 

Toshiro Mifune (三船 敏郎 Mifune Toshirō) (April 1, 1920 - December 24, 1997) was a Japanese actor who appeared in almost 170 feature films.

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Mifune was born on April 1, 1920 in Tsingtao (now Qingdao), China to Japanese parents, and he grew up in Dalian with his parents and two siblings. In his youth, Mifune worked in the photography shop of his father Tokuzo, a commercial photographer and importer who had emigrated from northern Japan. Tokuzo was a Methodist, and there is evidence that he was also a missionary, ministering to the ethnic Japanese in Dalian.


 

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Introduction
Childhood
Entry into show business
Marriage
Popularity
Later life
Filmography
Television Appearances
External links
Further Reading
 


 

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