1920 - 1997
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. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Toshiro Mifune has received more than 1,762,713 page views. His biography is available in 119 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 118 in 2019). Toshiro Mifune is the 78th most popular actor (down from 68th in 2019), the 36th most popular biography from China (up from 37th in 2019) and the most popular Chinese Actor.
Toshiro Mifune is most famous for his role as the bandit leader in Akira Kurosawa's film "Seven Samurai."
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Among actors, Toshiro Mifune ranks 78 out of 10,030. Before him are Catherine Deneuve, Konstantin Stanislavski, Liam Neeson, Vin Diesel, Clark Gable, and Gérard Depardieu. After him are Paul Newman, Tom Hanks, Jane Fonda, John Wayne, Judi Dench, and Leslie Nielsen.
1943 - Present
HPI: 79.73
Rank: 72
1863 - 1938
HPI: 79.72
Rank: 73
1952 - Present
HPI: 79.70
Rank: 74
1967 - Present
HPI: 79.68
Rank: 75
1901 - 1960
HPI: 79.54
Rank: 76
1948 - Present
HPI: 79.53
Rank: 77
1920 - 1997
HPI: 79.49
Rank: 78
1925 - 2008
HPI: 79.49
Rank: 79
1956 - Present
HPI: 79.48
Rank: 80
1937 - Present
HPI: 79.48
Rank: 81
1907 - 1979
HPI: 79.41
Rank: 82
1934 - Present
HPI: 79.14
Rank: 83
1926 - 2010
HPI: 78.95
Rank: 84
Among people born in 1920, Toshiro Mifune ranks 8. Before him are Isaac Asimov, Federico Fellini, Yul Brynner, Charles Bukowski, Ray Bradbury, and Javier Pérez de Cuéllar. After him are Rosalind Franklin, Mario Puzo, Farouk of Egypt, Paul Celan, Charlie Parker, and Juan Antonio Samaranch. Among people deceased in 1997, Toshiro Mifune ranks 8. Before him are Deng Xiaoping, James Stewart, Jacques Cousteau, Diana, Princess of Wales, Viktor Frankl, and Jeanne Calment. After him are Gianni Versace, Victor Vasarely, Mobutu Sese Seko, Roy Lichtenstein, Anton LaVey, and Hans Eysenck.
1920 - 1992
HPI: 83.85
Rank: 2
1920 - 1993
HPI: 83.59
Rank: 3
1920 - 1985
HPI: 83.03
Rank: 4
1920 - 1994
HPI: 82.87
Rank: 5
1920 - 2012
HPI: 80.39
Rank: 6
1920 - 2020
HPI: 80.37
Rank: 7
1920 - 1997
HPI: 79.49
Rank: 8
1920 - 1958
HPI: 78.69
Rank: 9
1920 - 1999
HPI: 77.54
Rank: 10
1920 - 1965
HPI: 77.11
Rank: 11
1920 - 1970
HPI: 76.28
Rank: 12
1920 - 1955
HPI: 75.97
Rank: 13
1920 - 2010
HPI: 75.76
Rank: 14
1904 - 1997
HPI: 84.13
Rank: 2
1908 - 1997
HPI: 83.75
Rank: 3
1910 - 1997
HPI: 81.14
Rank: 4
1961 - 1997
HPI: 80.19
Rank: 5
1905 - 1997
HPI: 80.15
Rank: 6
1875 - 1997
HPI: 79.66
Rank: 7
1920 - 1997
HPI: 79.49
Rank: 8
1946 - 1997
HPI: 78.68
Rank: 9
1906 - 1997
HPI: 78.57
Rank: 10
1930 - 1997
HPI: 78.44
Rank: 11
1923 - 1997
HPI: 76.42
Rank: 12
1930 - 1997
HPI: 76.30
Rank: 13
1916 - 1997
HPI: 75.90
Rank: 14
Among people born in China, Toshiro Mifune ranks 36 out of 1,186. Before him are Zhuang Zhou (-369), Hongwu Emperor (1328), Jiang Zemin (1926), Yongle Emperor (1360), Emperor Taizong of Tang (598), and Emperor Gaozu of Han (-256). After him are Lü Bu (161), Emperor Wu of Han (-156), Zhu Xi (1130), Zhou Enlai (1898), Yongzheng Emperor (1678), and Mozi (-470).
369 BC - 286 BC
HPI: 80.13
Rank: 30
1328 - 1398
HPI: 80.07
Rank: 31
1926 - Present
HPI: 79.84
Rank: 32
1360 - 1424
HPI: 79.71
Rank: 33
598 - 649
HPI: 79.64
Rank: 34
256 BC - 195 BC
HPI: 79.55
Rank: 35
1920 - 1997
HPI: 79.49
Rank: 36
161 - 199
HPI: 79.26
Rank: 37
156 BC - 87 BC
HPI: 79.25
Rank: 38
1130 - 1200
HPI: 79.19
Rank: 39
1898 - 1976
HPI: 79.16
Rank: 40
1678 - 1735
HPI: 79.13
Rank: 41
470 BC - 391 BC
HPI: 79.10
Rank: 42
Among actors born in China, Toshiro Mifune ranks 1. After him are Jet Li (1963), Donnie Yen (1963), Yoshiko Yamaguchi (1920), Bolo Yeung (1946), Gong Li (1965), Run Run Shaw (1907), Shih Kien (1913), Yuen Siu-tien (1912), Hou Hsiao-hsien (1947), Zhou Xuan (1920), and Ti Lung (1946).
1920 - 1997
HPI: 79.49
Rank: 1
1963 - Present
HPI: 76.25
Rank: 2
1963 - Present
HPI: 71.65
Rank: 3
1920 - 2014
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 4
1946 - Present
HPI: 71.04
Rank: 5
1965 - Present
HPI: 69.31
Rank: 6
1907 - 2014
HPI: 67.66
Rank: 7
1913 - 2009
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 8
1912 - 1979
HPI: 67.01
Rank: 9
1947 - Present
HPI: 66.70
Rank: 10
1920 - 1957
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 11
1946 - Present
HPI: 65.15
Rank: 12