Toshirô Mifune

Toshirô Mifune (1920 - 1997)
==Film Deaths==
*Snow Trail (Ginrei no hate) (1947) [Eijima] Falls off a cliff after a fight with Takashi Shimura. 
*Drunken Angel (Yoidore tenshi) (1948) [Matsunaga]: Dies after being stabbed in the stomach after a long scuffle with Reisaburo Yamamoto, he manages to get him arrested though in the process.
*The Idiot (Hakuchi) (1951) [Denkichi Akama]: Frozen to death, along with Masayuki Mori, after they fall asleep in the unheated house; we last see them lying on the floor as the candles go out.
*The Life of Oharu (Saikaku Ichidai Onna) (1952) [Katsunosuke]: Beheaded for having a forbidden relationship with Oharu (Tsukie Matsuura).
*Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai; The Magnificent Seven) (1954) [Kikuchiyo]: Fatally shot by the bandit chief (Shinpei Takagi); he manages to rise to his feet and stab Shinpei before collapsing dead from his fatal wound. (Thanks to Betty)
*Throne of Blood (Kumonosu jo; Spider's Web Castle) (1957) [Taketori Washizu]: Shot repeatedly with arrows (culminating with a shot through his neck) by an army of samurai.
*The Rickshaw Man (Muhomatsu No Issho) (1958) [Matsugoro]: Freezes to death as he was walking alone in the middle of the winter.
*Samurai Saga (Aru kengo no shogai) (1959) [Heihachiro Komaki] Dies after being sliced in the head while giving a final speech.
*The Bad Sleep Well (Warui yatsu hodo yoku nemuru) (1960) [Kōichi Nishi]: Dies (off-screen) after getting into an accident while intoxicated. While not seen, it is implied that he was murdered by being forced to drink and then put in a car crash in order to kill him without an investigation.
*Fort Graveyard (Chi to suna) (1965) [Sergeant Kosugi]: Dies from gunshot wounds sustained in an earlier shootout after helping sucessfully fend off the final siege on the fort.
*Samurai Rebellion (Jōi-uchi: Hairyō tsuma shimatsu) (1967) [Saburo Sasahara]: Dies after being injured by dozens of sword inflicted wounds over the course of the film's climatic battle.
*Japan's Longest Day (Nihon no ichiban nagai hi) (1967) [War Minister General Korechika Anami]: Dies of his wounds after cutting opening his stomach with a short blade.
*Hell in the Pacific (1968) [Captain Tsuruhiko Kuroda]: Killed in an explosion, along with Lee Marvin, when the abandoned boat they've discovered blows up, there is also a brief "vision" he has that Lee stabs him. (the DVD includes an short alternate ending in which they both survive). (Thanks to Zoran)
*Samurai Banners (Furin Kazan) (1969) [Yamamoto Kansuke]: Shot in the eye with an arrow just as he's won the battle.
* Red Lion (Akage) (1969) [Gonzo] Shot to death by dozens of rifles.
*Shinsengumi (1969) [Isami Kondo]: Executed by decapitation.
* Red Sun (1971) [Kuroda Jubei]: Shot to death by Alain Delon, he dies with Charles Bronson by his side.
* Conquest (Seiha) (1982) [Masao Tadokoro] Dies of sickness while in his hospital bed. 
* Death of a Tea Master (Sen no Rikyu: Honkakubô ibun) (1989) [Rikyu Sen-no] Commits suicide via hara-kiri.
==TV Deaths==
None.
==Gallery==
File:Masayukimori-toshiromifune-idiot.jpg|Masayuki Mori (top) and Toshirô Mifune (bottom) freezing to death in The Idiot
File:Hell-in-the-pacific.(format).jpg|Toshiro Mifune’s vision death in Hell in the Pacific 
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