Toshirō Mifune was born on 1 April 1920 in Qingdao. A Japanese actor, Mifune was born in China to Japanese parents and returned to Japan, where he was cast in Akira Kurosawa's Drunken Angel in 1948. Over the next seventeen years he starred in many of Kurosawa's greatest films, including Rashomon, Seven Samurai, Throne of Blood, Yojimbo and Red Beard. His forceful, physical performances, especially as swordsmen, made him the best-known Japanese actor abroad, and he won the best actor prize at the Venice Film Festival twice. He also appeared in Hollywood productions such as Grand Prix and Midway and in the television series Shogun. He formed his own production company in the 1960s.
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- 12 February 1920Birth of Pran
- from 8 March 1920 to 25 July 1920Franco-Syrian War
- 13 March 1920Kapp Putsch
- 17 March 1920Birth of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
- 1 April 1920Birth of Toshirō Mifune
- from 4 April 1920 to 7 April 19201919-1920 Arab riots in Palestine
- 7 April 1920Birth of Ravi Shankar
- 15 April 1920Birth of Richard von Weizsäcker
- from 19 April 1920 to 26 April 1920San Remo conference
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