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Toshiro with Kyoko Kagawa at the Venice Film Festival in 1954

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Setsuko Hara (原节子)

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Setsuko Hara (原節子).

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The Human Vapour (1960).

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The cast of Scandal/Shubun (1950) with director Akira Kurosawa

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Press photo for Drunken Angel (酔いどれ天使), 1948, directed by Akira Kurosawa (黒澤 明) and starring Takashi Shimura (志村 喬).

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Press photo for Drunken Angel (酔いどれ天使), 1948, directed by Akira Kurosawa (黒澤 明) and starring Toshiro Mifune (三船 敏郎)

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Press photo for Drunken Angel (酔いどれ天使), 1948, directed by Akira Kurosawa (黒澤 明) and starring Toshiro Mifune (三船 敏郎) and Takashi Shimura (志村 喬).

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Acting meeting of the movie Nora inu 野良犬 (Stray dog) with from the left,  Kurosawa Akira 黒沢明, Mifune Toshiro 三船敏郎 and Takashi Shimura 志村喬, actress Sengoku Noriko 千石規子 who is tired and lying down - Japan - 1949

Source Twitter @oldpicture1900

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Shibuya Ryuukichi 渋谷龍吉 (1907–1995)

Model : Hara Setsuko 原節子 (1920-2015), 18 years-old

Fuyu no kousen to roshutsu no chishiki 冬の光線と露出の知識 (Knowledge of and exposure winter ray) cosmetics advertising - Asahi camera アサヒカメラ magazine - Japan - January 1938

Source : twitter.com/foujika

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The Hidden Fortress/Kakushi-toride no san-akunin (1958)

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The Hidden Fortress (Akira Kurosawa, 1958)

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Toshiro Mifune in 醜聞 (Akira Kurosawa, 1950)

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Favourite Director/Actor Collaborations: Kurosawa/Mifune

Between 1948 and 1965, Akira Kurosawa directed 17 films. Of those 17, Toshiro Mifune starred in all but one. While the two had a falling out after the filming of their last collaboration, Red Beard, their mutual respect for one another remained intact until the end. 

Kurosawa has this quality, this ability to bring things out of you that you never knew were there. It is enormously difficult work, but each picture with him is a revelation. When you see his films, you find them full realizations of ideas, of emotions, of a philosophy which surprises with its strength, even shocks with its power. You had not expected to be so moved, to find within your own self this depth of understanding.         — Toshiro Mifune

I am a person who is rarely impressed by actors, but in the case of Mifune, I was completely overwhelmed.         — Akira Kurosawa

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Toshirō Mifune in The Quiet Duel (Akira Kurosawa - 1949)