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Nickname:	Toshirô Mifune / Toshiro Mifune / The Wolf
Known for:	The Seven Samurai, Rashômon, Yojimbo the Bodyguard
Birth name:	Sanchuan Minlang
Birthday:	1 April 1920, Tsingtao, China (now Qingdao, Shandong, China)
Height:	5' 9" (1.75 m)

Ranked #90 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997] In the Japanese animated series "Mach gogo" (known here in the U. S. as Speed Racer), the hero was named Go Mifune; the name was chosen in tribute to Toshiro Mifune. Was considered early on by George Lucas for the role of Obi Wan Kenobi in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope. Even though Mifune worked hard to learn his English-speaking roles phonetically, his voice was always dubbed in the American films in which he appeared. This was one of the things that disappointed him up until the day he died. Father of Shiro Mifune His unique acting style is referenced by several characters in the Danish film Mifune's Last Song. In 1946, the Mexican director/producer Ismael Rodriguez cast him as the drunken Mexican-Indian title role of his film _Ánimas Trujano (1962)_ . Mifune studied a tape of a Mexican actor speaking his dialogue to memorize his lines. Then, on the shoot he was able to speak his entire part in Spanish. Reportedly watched films of lions in the wild for inspiration for his character in "Shichinin no samurai." Due to his intense, intimidating screen presence and real-life status as a physical powerful tough guy and war veteran, most people (whether having known him only from film or having personally meet him) got the impression that Mifune was a much larger man than he actually was, in reality he stood 5' 9". However, even at this size he was indeed 2 or 3 inches taller than most of his male co-stars. Father of Mika Mifune Spoke fluent Mandarin. Personally trained the Asian extras who were hired to play the Japanese submarine crew in 1941 (1979). He was reportedly very annoyed that they were not real sailors and had no real training, so he used his own military background to teach them how to act like sailors in the film. Grandfather of Rikiya Mifune Chinese name is Sanchuan Minlang. Although born in China, he was from a fully Japanese family. During the course of his prolific career, including repeat roles as three of the most noted figures in Japanese history. He portrayed Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto in three separate films, has played both the real life version of the indomitable warlord Tokugawa Ieyasu in "Kabuto" (1992) and his fictionalized counterpart Toranaga in "Shogun" (1980), and has performed the role of the legendary master swordsman Miyamoto Musashi four times. His performance as Sanjuro Kuwabatake in "Yojimbo" (1961) is ranked #78 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Performances of All Time (2006).

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