Shirō Mifune
Also Known As: Shirô Mifune
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
Birthday: November 27, 1950
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Extreme Crisis
Overview: Hot-headed Hong Kong cop Ken Cheung (Julian Cheung) teams with die-hard Japanese Interpol agent Takami (Kenya Sawada) to stop a ruthless gang of Japanese terrorists. The crime fighters must race to find a hidden time bomb filled with noxious gas that threatens the city -- but first they'll have to survive attacks from vicious terrorist thugs. This action-packed adventure is a directorial debut for renowned action choreographer Bruce Law.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1998-08-29
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A Samurai Chronicle
Overview: A retired samurai must redeem himself for a crime that he committed earlier in his life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-10-04
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The Ode to Joy
Overview: Based on the true story of the Bandō prisoner-of-war camp in World War I. It depicts the friendship of the German POWs with the director of the camp and local residents at the stage of Naruto, Tokushima Prefecture, in Japan.
Genres: Drama History War Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-06-17
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After the Rain
Overview: A group of travelers is stranded in a small country inn when the river floods during heavy rains. As the bad weather continues, tensions rise amongst the trapped travelers.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-01-22
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Morning for Two
Overview: While Keisuke and Jiro were brothers, the characters of the two were opposite. My older brother Keisuke was a sophomore college graduate, a honest and passionate young man, but his brother Jiro was only a student of a ronin who failed in taking the university and was playing. Such two people had a dream. Keisuke traveled wandering at his own trailer house, Jiro became a racer, had a dream of surrounding the world.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-04-01
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Mifune: The Last Samurai
Overview: An account of the life and work of legendary Japanese actor Toshirō Mifune (1920-97), the most prominent actor of the Golden Age of Japanese cinema.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-12-02
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'
Overview: Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "The Hidden Fortress" (1958).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-10-25
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Yojimbo'
Overview: Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "Yojimbo" (1961).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-10-25
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Drunken Angel'
Overview: Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "Drunken Angel" (1948).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-10-25
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Forbidden Affair
Overview: Ryô is a young leopard, Maki a rhythmical wave. The barrier between a teacher and a student gives way to the passionate embrace of a man and a woman desperately in love.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-08-29
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