Toshirô Mifune Blu-ray Artist Details

Screen legends Charlton Heston, Toshirô Mifune, Robert Mitchum and Henry Fonda band together for this sprawling war film that depicts the U.S. and Japanese forces in the naval Battle of Midway, which became the turning point of the Pacific War. Using real battle footage, director Jack Smight's dramatization illustrates how America found success after a string of disappointments in the Pacific, despite being outnumbered by the Japanese.

Genres	Action & Adventure, Blockbusters, Drama, Military & War Action, Military & War Dramas
Crew	Jack Smight (Director)
Cast	Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, James Coburn, Glenn Ford, Hal Holbrook, Toshirô Mifune, Robert Mitchum, Cliff Robertson, Robert Wagner, Edward Albert, Robert Webber, Ed Nelson, James Shigeta, Monte Markham, Pat Morita, Erik Estrada, Dabney Coleman, Tom Selleck, Glenn Corbett
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This 1971 Western from director Terence Young stars Charles Bronson as an outlaw named Link who teams up with Kuroda (Toshirô Mifune), a noble samurai warrior, to track down a jeweled sword that the Japanese ambassador gifted to the U.S. president. The unlikely pair travels across the American Southwest in search of Gauche (Alain Delon), who double-crossed Link and made off with the priceless weapon. Ursula Andress and Guido Lollobrigida co-star.

a.k.a.	Soleil rouge
Genres	Action & Adventure, Westerns
Crew	Terence Young (Director)
Cast	Charles Bronson, Ursula Andress, Toshirô Mifune, Guido Lollobrigida, Alain Delon
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John Frankenheimer's spectacular auto-racing epic won Oscars for editing, sound and sound effects. When American Grand Prix driver Pete Aron (James Garner) is fired after crashing in Monaco and injuring his British teammate, Scott Stoddard (Brian Bedford), he starts driving for a Japanese team. While Stoddard struggles to recover, Aron becomes involved with Stoddard's estranged wife, Pat (Jessica Walter). Yves Montand and Eva Marie Saint co-star.

Genres	Auto Racing, Classic Dramas, Classics, Drama, Motorsports, Sports Dramas, Sports & Fitness, Sports Movies, Sports Stories
Crew	John Frankenheimer (Director)
Cast	James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, Yves Montand, Toshirô Mifune, Jessica Walter, Antonio Sabato, Brian Bedford, Francoise Hardy, Adolfo Celi, Claude Dauphin, Enzo Fiermonte, Geneviève Page, Jack Watson
Awards	Academy Awards: Best Film Editing Academy Awards: Best Sound Academy Awards: Best Sound Effects Editing
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Known for his historical epics, director Akira Kurosawa was also a fan of American film noir and detective novels -- which explains why he based High and Low (also known as Heaven and Hell) on an Ed McBain story. Toshirô Mifune plays a wealthy corporate boss who must choose between saving his company and paying the ransom for his chauffeur's kidnapped child. Kurosawa uses his brilliant visual style to reinforce the film's sociological themes.

a.k.a.	Tengoku to jigoku
Genres	Art House, Classics, Crime Dramas, Crime Thrillers, Drama, Foreign, Foreign Art House, Foreign Classic Dramas, Foreign Classics, Foreign Countries, Foreign Dramas, Foreign Languages, Foreign Thrillers, Independent, Japan, Japanese Language, Thrillers
Crew	Akira Kurosawa (Director), Takao Saitô (Cinematographer), Asakazu Nakai (Cinematographer)
Cast	Toshirô Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Kyôko Kagawa, Tatsuya Mihashi, Kenjiro Ishiyama, Takeshi Katô, Takashi Shimura, Jun Tazaki, Nobuo Nakamura, Yûnosuke Itô
Nominations	Golden Globe Awards: Best Foreign Language Film
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Akira Kurosawa's sequel to Yojimbo is a dark comedy about surly Sanjuro (Toshirô Mifune), a larger-than-life samurai who, adrift in an era of fading tradition and increasing lawlessness, instructs a gang of scheming radicals in samurai wisdom. An unlikely hero who loves an action-packed swordfight and is quick with the sarcasm, Sanjuro doesn't always practice what he preaches, but he always remains true to himself.

Genres	Action & Adventure, Art House, Asian Action Movies, Classics, Comedy, Drama, Foreign, Foreign Action & Adventure, Foreign Art House, Foreign Classic Comedies, Foreign Classic Dramas, Foreign Classics, Foreign Comedies, Foreign Countries, Foreign Dramas, Foreign Languages, Independent, Japan, Japanese Language
Crew	Akira Kurosawa (Director), Fukuzo Koizumi (Cinematographer), Takao Saitô (Cinematographer)
Cast	Toshirô Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Keiju Kobayashi, Yuzo Kayama, Reiko Dan, Akihiko Hirata, Takashi Shimura, Kamatari Fujiwara, Takako Irie, Masao Shimizu
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Masterless samurai Sanjuro Kuwabatake (Toshiro Mifune) finds himself in a feud-torn Japanese village in legendary director Akira Kurosawa's darkly comic film, which served as the prototype for Clint Eastwood's A Fistful of Dollars. As two factions of ruthless crime lords battle, Kuwabatake secretly convinces each side to hire him as protection against the other. When they discover his ruse, he's sent to prison, but his master plan is already underway.

Genres	Action & Adventure, Art House, Asian Action Movies, Classics, Drama, Foreign, Foreign Action & Adventure, Foreign Art House, Foreign Classic Dramas, Foreign Classics, Foreign Countries, Foreign Dramas, Foreign Languages, Independent, Japan, Japanese Language
Crew	Akira Kurosawa (Director), Kazuo Miyagawa (Cinematographer)
Cast	Toshirô Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yôko Tsukasa, Isuzu Yamada, Daisuke Kato, Seizaburô Kawazu, Takashi Shimura, Hiroshi Tachikawa, Yosuke Natsuki, Eijirô Tôno
Awards	TIME Magazine: All-TIME 100 Movies
Nominations	Academy Awards: Best Costume Design Golden Globe Awards: Best Foreign Language Film
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Seasoned warrior Musashi Miyamoto (Toshiro Mifune) must face off against his archrival, the young ambitious samurai Kojiro (Koji Tsurata), in this third and arguably best installment of director Hiroshi Inagaki's classic samurai trilogy. Fight highlights include a duel between the lance and wooden staff, as well as a matchup between an unarmed Musashi and three bandits. Kaoru Yachigusa and Mariko Okada co-star as the women in Musashi's life.

a.k.a.	Miyamoto Musashi kanketsuhen: kettō Ganryūjima 宮本武蔵完結編　決闘巌流島
Genres	Action & Adventure, Art House, Asian Action Movies, Classics, Drama, Dramas Based on Real Life, Foreign, Foreign Action & Adventure, Foreign Art House, Foreign Classics, Foreign Countries, Foreign Dramas, Foreign Languages, Independent, Japan, Japanese Language
Crew	Hiroshi Inagaki (Director)
Cast	Toshirô Mifune, Mariko Okada, Koji Tsurata, Kaoru Yachigusa, Michiko Saga, Takashi Shimura
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Valiant 17th century samurai Musashi Miyamoto (Toshirô Mifune) finds himself enveloped in conflict -- from a rivalry with a martial-arts school to a love triangle with two beautiful women (Kaoru Yachigusa and Mariko Okada). But nothing, not even a battle with 80 swordsmen, can shake his courage. The film is the second part of the acclaimed trilogy, whose first installment earned an honorary Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

a.k.a.	Zoku Miyamoto Musashi: Ichijōji no kettō 続宮本武蔵　一乗寺の決闘
Genres	Action & Adventure, Art House, Asian Action Movies, Classics, Drama, Dramas Based on Real Life, Foreign, Foreign Action & Adventure, Foreign Art House, Foreign Classics, Foreign Countries, Foreign Dramas, Foreign Languages, Independent, Japan, Japanese Language
Crew	Hiroshi Inagaki (Director)
Cast	Toshirô Mifune, Akihiko Hirata, Mitsuko Mito, Mariko Okada, Kuroemon Onoe, Kaoru Yachigusa, Daisuke Kato, Kunimori Kodo, Michiyo Kogure, Ko Mihashi, Sachio Sakai, Koji Tsurata
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Starring Toshiro Mifune as Musashi Miyamoto, this first film in Hiroshi Inagaki's Samurai Trilogy won a 1956 Honorary Oscar. Struggling to elevate himself from his low caste in 17th century Japan, Miyamoto trains to become a mighty samurai warrior. In the film's bracing climax Miyamoto finally gets a chance to prove himself. Parts II and III of the trilogy weren't released in the United States until 1967.

a.k.a.	Miyamoto Musashi 宮本武蔵
Genres	Action & Adventure, Art House, Asian Action Movies, Biographies, Classics, Drama, Dramas Based on Real Life, Foreign, Foreign Action & Adventure, Foreign Art House, Foreign Classics, Foreign Countries, Foreign Dramas, Foreign Languages, Independent, Japan, Japanese Language
Crew	Hiroshi Inagaki (Director)
Cast	Toshirô Mifune, Akihiko Hirata, Rentarô Mikuni, Mitsuko Mito, Eiko Miyoshi, Mariko Okada, Kuroemon Onoe, Kaoru Yachigusa
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Akira Kurosawa's heroic tale of honor and duty begins with master samurai Kambei posing as a monk to save a kidnapped child. Impressed by his bravery, a group of farmers begs him to defend their village from encroaching bandits.

a.k.a.	Shichinin no samurai
Genres	Action & Adventure, Art House, Asian Action Movies, Classics, Drama, Foreign, Foreign Action & Adventure, Foreign Art House, Foreign Classic Dramas, Foreign Classics, Foreign Countries, Foreign Dramas, Foreign Languages, Independent, Japan, Japanese Language
Crew	Akira Kurosawa (Director), Asakazu Nakai (Cinematographer)
Cast	Takashi Shimura, Toshirô Mifune, Yoshio Inaba, Seiji Miyaguchi, Minoru Chiaki, Daisuke Kato, Isao Kimura, Keiko Tsushima
Nominations	Academy Awards: Best Art Direction Academy Awards: Best Costume Design BAFTA: Best Actor: Toshirô Mifune BAFTA: Best Actor: Takashi Shimura BAFTA: Best Film
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