Toshirō Mifune Filmography: Movies and Television Credits

This Toshirō Mifune filmography covers 47 movie titles and 1 television titles from the available cast credits. Multiple roles in the same title are grouped together. It is a selection of screen credits, rather than a complete record of every performance. Credits may include acting, voice work, uncredited roles and appearances as themselves.

Toshirō Mifune movies by release year

The years below are film release years, not filming dates.

• Snow Trail (1947) as Eijima
• Drunken Angel (1948) as Matsunaga
• Stray Dog (1949) as Det. Murakami
• The Quiet Duel (1949) as Dr. Kyoji Fujisaki
• Rashomon (1950) as Tajômaru
• Scandal (1950) as Ichirô Aoye
• The Idiot (1951) as Denkichi Akama
• The Life of Oharu (1952) as Katsunosuke
• Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954) as Musashi Miyamoto a.k.a. Takezo
• Seven Samurai (1954) as Kikuchiyo
• I Live in Fear (1955) as Kiichi Nakajima
• Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955) as Musashi Miyamoto a.k.a. Takezo
• Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956) as Musashi Miyamoto a.k.a. Takezo
• The Lower Depths (1957) as Sutekichi the Thief
• Throne of Blood (1957) as Taketoki Washizu
• The Hidden Fortress (1958) as General Rokurota Makabe
• The Rickshaw Man (1958) as Matsugorō Tomishima
• The Bad Sleep Well (1960) as Kôichi Nishi
• The Important Man (1961) as Ánimas Trujano
• Yojimbo (1961) as Sanjuro Kuwabatake / The Samurai
• Chûshingura (1962) as Genba Tawaraboshi
• Sanjuro (1962) as Sanjûrô Tsubaki / The ronin
• High and Low (1963) as Kingo Gondo
• Red Beard (1965) as Dr. Kyojio Niide ("Red Beard")
• Samurai Assassin (1965) as Tsuruchiyo Niiro
• Grand Prix (1966) as Izō Yamura
• The Sword of Doom (1966) as Toranosuke Shimada
• Japan's Longest Day (1967) as War Minister General Korechika Anami
• Samurai Rebellion (1967) as Isaburo Sasahara
• Hell in the Pacific (1968) as Captain Tsuruhiko Kuroda
• Red Lion (1969) as Gonzo
• Samurai Banners (1969) as Kansuke Yamamoto
• Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor (1969) as Isami Kondo
• Incident at Blood Pass (1970) as Yojimbo
• Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (1970) as Yojimbo/Sasa
• Red Sun (1971) as Kuroda Jubei
• Midway (1976) as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
• Shogun's Samurai (1978) as Yoshinao Tokugawa
• The Fall of Ako Castle (1978) as Tsuchiya Michinao
• 1941 (1979) as Cmdr. Akiro Mitamura
• Winter Kills (1979) as Keith
• The Challenge (1982) as Toru Yoshida
• Princess from the Moon (1987) as Taketori-no-Miyatsuko
• Shadow of the Wolf (1992) as Kroomak
• Picture Bride (1995) as The Benshi
• Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) as (archive footage)
• Mifune: The Last Samurai (2016) as Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)

Toshirō Mifune television roles and appearances

Television titles are listed alphabetically. An appearance date is included only where verified for Toshirō Mifune; a programme's premiere year does not establish when a performer appeared in it.

• Shōgun as Lord Yoshi Toranaga

Credit information: TMDB, with additional sources listed below where used. The titles shown here do not establish the beginning or end of Toshirō Mifune's career, and omissions should not be treated as evidence that a credit does not exist.