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  1. Mifune in 1939. Toshiro Mifune was born on April 1, 1920, in Seitō, Japanese-occupied Shandong (present-day Qingdao, China), the eldest son of Tokuzo and Sen Mifune.

  2. Toshiro Mifune achieved more worldwide fame than any other Japanese actor of his century. He was born in Tsingtao, China, to Japanese parents and grew up in Dalian. He did not set foot in Japan until he was 21.

    • January 1, 1
    • Mitaka city, Tokyo, Japan
    • January 1, 1
    • 1.74 m
  3. Apr 3, 2020 · 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.

  4. Apr 17, 2020 · A young Toshiro Mifune. But Toshiro Mifune’s rebellious characters weren’t only that: fictional. It was the life he experienced and the compassion he could bring to other people that translated so well into his acting.

  5. Nov 2, 2015 · Mifune was born on April 1, 1920, in China’s Shandong Province, and he spent most of his youth—from age 5 to age 19—in the Japanese-controlled city of Dalian. Helping out in his father’s...

  6. He was born in Tsingtao, China, to Japanese parents and grew up in Dalian. He did not set foot in Japan until he was 21. His father was an importer and a commercial photographer, and young Toshiro worked in his father's studio for a time after graduating from Dalian Middle School.

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  8. 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.