Chinese-born Japanese actor best remembered for his roles in Rashomon, Seven Samurai, Throne of Blood, The Hidden Fortress, Yojimbo, High and Low, Red Beard, Samurai Rebellion, TV’s Shogun and the Samurai trilogy.
Toshiro Mifune Height, Weight & Body Measurement
Toshiro Mifune stands 5 feet 7 inch tall and he weighs around 82 kg right now. He has a pair of black eye color and black hair color. His body measurements are unknown.
Toshiro Mifune Net Worth
Toshiro Mifune earns a net worth of $61 million as of 2021.
Facts
- Toshiro Mifune (三船敏郎, Mifune Toshirō, April 1, 1920 – December 24, 1997) was a Japanese actor who appeared in over 150 feature films.
- He is best known for his 16-film collaboration (1948–1965) with Akira Kurosawa in such works as Rashomon, Seven Samurai, The Hidden Fortress, Throne of Blood, and Yojimbo.
- He also portrayed Miyamoto Musashi in Hiroshi Inagaki’s Samurai Trilogy and one earlier Inagaki film, Lord Toranaga in the NBC television miniseries Shōgun, and Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto in three different films.
- Toshiro Mifune was born on 1 April 1920 in Qingdao, Shandong, China, which was at the time still under Japanese occupation following their capture of the city from German colonial rule during World War I. Hoping to preserve their control of the region, the Japanese government maintained a large garrison and encouraged Japanese citizens to move there with promises of important and rewarding work.
- After spending the first 19 years of his life in China, as a Japanese citizen, he was drafted into the Imperial Japanese Army Aviation division, where he served in the Aerial Photography unit during World War II.