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- E veryone remembers their first time with Toshiro Mifune. With almost anyone else, such a first would be recollected with a shrug or a casual “it was... fine.” But Mifune induces delirious and perfect recall: of him flat on a haystack in Sanjuro, rolling in the mud in Rashomon, hotly tucked in a train bathroom in High and Low.
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Toshiro Mifune cemented his reputation as an icon of masculinity right alongside Hollywood narratives of neutered Asian manhood. In 1961, Mifune provoked worldwide longing by swaggering around in Yojimbo, the same year that Mickey Rooney played the bucktoothed Mr. Yunioshi in Breakfast at Tiffany's.
Nov 23, 2016 · Toshiro Mifune was the first movie hero who wasn’t a white guy. He didn’t demean himself or belittle his culture. And he didn’t take shit from anyone.
Nov 28, 2022 · An era unto himself, Toshiro Mifune was an enduring icon of the Golden Age of Japanese cinema. Here are some of his most memorable works.
Apr 17, 2020 · As a person who grew up without a father figure, Toshiro Mifune entered my life during a much-needed time in my adolescence. His films and the characters he played taught me how to be a stand-up human being when there was a lack of paternal guidance in my household.
Aug 4, 2023 · In 1941, Mifune was transferred from Manchuria to a base in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture. During his time there, he worked in the aerial photography unit, using the skills he developed in his father’s studio to develop photos to assist with attacks.
Nov 16, 2016 · Toshiro Mifune was the first Japanese — or, for that matter, Asian — actor to become an international action star. Born in 1920, he became one of the few Japanese known to foreign film fans,...
