Akira Kurosawa
1910–1998- Director
Japanese director, born in Ōi. Won the Golden Lion, the Palme d'Or, the Academy Honorary Award and one other major prize. Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director.
Pair · Actor and director
Films Akira Kurosawa made with Toshirō Mifune
Toshirō Mifune appeared in 16 films directed by Akira Kurosawa, from Drunken Angel (1948) to Red Beard (1965). Toshirō Mifune is one of Akira Kurosawa's regulars on this site: only Takashi Shimura worked on more of Akira Kurosawa's films.
Timeline
- Directed by one of the two
- 2 top prizesGolden Lion for Rashomon and Academy Honorary Award for Rashomon
- Masaru Satoscored 9 of these films
- Asakazu Nakaishot 6 of these films
Connection
Toshirō Mifune acted in 16 of Akira Kurosawa's films, from Drunken Angel to Red Beard.
From Wikipedia
The Quiet Duel starred Toshiro Mifune as an idealistic young doctor struggling with syphilis, a deliberate attempt by Kurosawa to break the actor away from being typecast as gangsters.
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Toshirō Mifune
1920–1997- Actor and director
Japanese actor and director, born in Qingdao. Won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor.
The 16 films
Drunken Angel
醉いどれ天使
Akira Kurosawa: director · Toshirō Mifune: actor
Music: Fumio Hayasaka
Camera: Takeo Itō
Written by: Akira Kurosawa
Stray Dog
野良犬
Akira Kurosawa: director · Toshirō Mifune: actor
Music: Fumio Hayasaka
Camera: Asakazu Nakai
Written by: Akira Kurosawa, Ryūzō Kikushima
The Quiet Duel
静かなる決闘
Akira Kurosawa: director · Toshirō Mifune: actor
Music: Akira Ifukube
Written by: Akira Kurosawa, Senkichi Taniguchi
Rashomon
羅生門
Akira Kurosawa: director · Toshirō Mifune: actor
Music: Fumio Hayasaka
Camera: Kazuo Miyagawa
Written by: Akira Kurosawa, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Golden Lion · Academy Honorary Award
Scandal
醜聞
Akira Kurosawa: director · Toshirō Mifune: actor
Music: Fumio Hayasaka
Written by: Akira Kurosawa
The Idiot
白痴
Akira Kurosawa: director · Toshirō Mifune: actor
Music: Fumio Hayasaka
Written by: Akira Kurosawa
Seven Samurai
七人の侍
Akira Kurosawa: director · Toshirō Mifune: actor, as Kikuchiyo
Music: Fumio Hayasaka
Camera: Asakazu Nakai
Written by: Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto
I Live in Fear
生きものの記録
Akira Kurosawa: director · Toshirō Mifune: actor
Music: Masaru Sato
Camera: Asakazu Nakai
Written by: Shinobu Hashimoto, Fumio Hayasaka
The Lower Depths
どん底
Akira Kurosawa: director · Toshirō Mifune: actor
Music: Masaru Sato
Written by: Maxim Gorky, Akira Kurosawa
Throne of Blood
蜘蛛巣城
Akira Kurosawa: director · Toshirō Mifune: actor, as Taketoki Washizu
Music: Masaru Sato
Camera: Asakazu Nakai
Written by: Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto
The Hidden Fortress
隠し砦の三悪人
Akira Kurosawa: director · Toshirō Mifune: actor
Music: Masaru Sato
Camera: Ichio Yamazaki
Written by: Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto
The Bad Sleep Well
悪い奴ほどよく眠る
Akira Kurosawa: director · Toshirō Mifune: actor
Music: Masaru Sato
Written by: Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni
Yojimbo
用心棒
Akira Kurosawa: director · Toshirō Mifune: actor
Music: Masaru Sato
Camera: Kazuo Miyagawa, Takao Saito
Written by: Akira Kurosawa
Sanjuro
椿三十郎
Akira Kurosawa: director · Toshirō Mifune: actor
Music: Masaru Sato
Written by: Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni
High and Low
天国と地獄
Akira Kurosawa: director · Toshirō Mifune: actor
Music: Masaru Sato
Camera: Takao Saito, Asakazu Nakai
Written by: Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni
Red Beard
赤ひげ
Akira Kurosawa: director · Toshirō Mifune: actor
Music: Masaru Sato
Camera: Takao Saito, Asakazu Nakai
Written by: Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni
See also
- Toshirō Mifune and Takashi Shimura31 films together
- Akira Kurosawa and Takashi Shimura22 films together
- Toshirō Mifune and Tatsuya Nakadai10 films together
- Akira Kurosawa and Tatsuya Nakadai6 films together
- Toshirō Mifune and Ishirō Honda4 films together
- Toshirō Mifune and Setsuko Hara3 films together
- Akira Kurosawa and Setsuko Hara2 films together
- Akira Kurosawa and Ishirō Honda2 films together
Worked with both
- Takashi Shimura22 films with Akira Kurosawa, 31 with Toshirō Mifune
- Tatsuya Nakadai6 films with Akira Kurosawa, 10 with Toshirō Mifune
- Ishirō Honda2 films with Akira Kurosawa, 4 with Toshirō Mifune
- Setsuko Hara2 films with Akira Kurosawa, 3 with Toshirō Mifune