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"For movie lovers around the world, TOSHIRŌ MIFUNE (1920 – 1997) remains the lone warrior slashing his way to glory — both Japan’s John Wayne and the prototype for Clint Eastwood. But in the way he revolutionized post-war screen acting with his emotional nakedness, he was also Marlon Brando; in the way he encompassed titanic, complex, classical roles, he was Laurence Olivier. With his towering presence and seemingly endless range, there was, simply, no one like him."