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The best Toshiro Mifune films

The top 3 according to 17 votes from people: Red Beard (1965) · Yojimbo (1961) · Japan's Longest Day (1967). (Updated Jan 27, 2020.)

From Kurosawa to Hiroshi Inagaki and Kihachi Okamoto: the classics of 'the world's Mifune', chosen from ciatr, Eiga Kakuzuke and Yahoo! Chiebukuro.

cinema_slow · · 15 items · 17 votes · 1 comment

Automatically translated (original in 日本語). See the original

Top 10

  1. 1

    Red Beard (1965)

    A clinic doctor; best actor in Venice.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 0

    3
  2. 2

    Yojimbo (1961)

    A ronin playing two gangs against each other in a post town.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  3. 3

    Japan's Longest Day (1967)

    War Minister Anami on the eve of surrender, by Kihachi Okamoto.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  4. 4

    Sanjuro (1962)

    A ronin who helps a group of young samurai.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  5. 5

    High and Low (1963)

    An executive caught up in a kidnapping.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  6. 6

    Throne of Blood (1957)

    Washizu, a Macbeth moved to feudal Japan.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  7. 7

    The Hidden Fortress (1958)

    A general escorting a princess.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  8. 8

    Drunken Angel (1948)

    A gangster with tuberculosis: his first film with Kurosawa.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  9. 9

    Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954)

    By Hiroshi Inagaki; an honorary Oscar.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  10. 10

    Samurai Rebellion (1967)

    A father who defies his lord, by Masaki Kobayashi.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1

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  1. 11

    Fort Graveyard (1965)

    A sergeant leading a boys' military band, by Kihachi Okamoto.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  2. 12

    Rashomon (1950)

    The bandit Tajōmaru; Golden Lion in Venice.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 1

    0
  3. 13

    Seven Samurai (1954)

    Samurai hired by farmers; he plays Kikuchiyo.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  4. 14

    Stray Dog (1949)

    A young detective whose pistol has been stolen.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  5. 15

    The Rickshaw Man (1958)

    Rickshaw puller Matsugoro; Golden Lion in Venice.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0

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高橋 健一 · 日本語

赤ひげが一番上なのは嬉しい。三船の存在感が一番出てる作品だと思う。

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