Toshiro Mifune
(1920-1997), Japanese


Toshiro Mifune made many movies a year and made over 200 in his lifetime. Alot of them are pretty obscure even in Japan and you'll never see them. Therefore, unless anyone objects, i'm just gonna include the ones that have a Wikipedia page.

1947 Snow Trail
1948 Drunken Angel
1949 The Quiet Duel
1949 Stray Dog
1950 Escape at Dawn
1950 Scandal
1950 Engagement Ring
1950 Rashomon
1951 Elegy
1951 The Idiot
1951 Conclusion of Kojiro Sasaki: Duel at Ganryu Island
1952 Vendetta for a Samurai
1952 The Life of Oharu
1952 The Man Who Came to Port
1954 Seven Samurai
1954 Samurai I: Mushashi Miyamoto
1955 Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
1955 I Live in Fear
1956 Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1956 A Wife's Heart
1957 Throne of Blood
1957 Be Happy, These Two Lovers
1957 Yagyu Secret Scrolls
1957 The Lower Depths
1958 Yagyu Secret Scrolls, Part II
1958 The Hidden Fortress
1959 Life of an Expert Swordsman/Samurai Saga
1959 The Birth of Japan
1960 Storm Over the Pacific
1960 The Bad Sleep Well
1961 The Story of Osaka Castle
1961 Yojimbo
1962 Animas Trujano
1962 Sanjuro
1962 Tatsu
1962 Chushingura: Hana no maki, Yuri no maki
1963 High and Low
1965 Samurai Assassin
1965 Red Beard
1965 Sanshiro Sugata
1966 The Sword of Doom
1966 Grand Prix
1967 Samurai Rebellion
1968 The Sands of Kurobe
1968 Gion Festival
1968 Hell in the Pacific
1969 Samurai Banners
1969 Battle of the Japan Sea
1969 Red Lion
1970 Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
1972 Red Sun
1975 Paper Tiger
1975 Midway
1977 Shogun's Samurai
1978 The Fall of Ako Castle
1979 Winter Kills
1979 1941
1981 Shogun
1981 Inchon!
1982 The Challenge
1983 Conquest
1983 Theater of Life
1987 Tora-san Goes North
1994 Picture Bride
1995 Deep River

I finally made this tier. Thoughts?

Much of the acclaim for Yojimbo is based on Mifune's performance, which isn't really true of Rashomon or SS. It's also a better showcase by far for his acting talents. He damn near personifies effortless cool and wit.

Yeah, I was thinking of lowering either (but not both) Rashomon or SS to regular red and italicizing Yojimbo instead, too.

Seven Samurai > Rashomon for Mifune.

done.

I might to a Takashi Shimura one later to compliment this one and have the two actors most associated with Kurosawa up with tiers and threads (yes, Shimura's tier - if I ever do it - will have Ikiru in red-bold italics)

Big ups for bolding I Live in Fear, underrated little gem there
Also for redding Red Beard.

This guy is so unbelievably badass.

Just watched Drunken Angel, and I do really believe that it is a red-worthy performance. Not as raw as many of his later films, but great use of sublties. The scene where Nanae leaves him absolutely broke my heart, and he didn't have to even move.

Okay, despite what I said earlier, I don't think I Live in Fear should be bolded, especially not when at the expense of The Quiet Duel which I feel is a far superior performance, especially at the point of his career where he was in danger of being typecast.
Oh and on that note, you forgot about These Foolish Times.

Done w/ bolding what needs to

As for "These Foolish Times"


does "These Foolish Times" have at least a boldworthy performance for me to put it in the filmography?

No, but it was his second film ever, so it seems a little strange it not being there.

on the tiers update btw