Bob Gale, scriptwriter of 1941 (1979), remembered Mifune as "the most exacting trained actor I have ever seen work. He could hit his marks like he was a machine".
[on the secret of his well-being] I still ride horses and do a lot of laughing. But I was born this way. I can't help it. When I was young, I played old men's roles. But now I'm a little boy!
Gruff characters who claim to despise shows of human weakness but who end up frequently displaying it themselves
The Wolf
Aries
Sanchuan Minlang
Tsingtao, China [now Qingdao, Shandong, China]
(age 77)
Mitaka city, Tokyo, Japan