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Toshiro Mifune

Date of birth: April 1, 1920

Place of birth: Qingdao, China

Place of death: Japan Tokyo, organ failure

Region: Japan

Marital status: married

Alias: Toshirô Mifune (translated name),

Born in Qingdao, China. When he was 4 years old, he went to Dalian with his father. After graduating from Dalian Middle School in 1938, he helped his father run a photo studio and was drafted into the local army soon after. He returned to China in 1946 and entered the film industry in the same year. In 1948, he starred in Akira Kurosawa's film "Drunken Angel" and became famous. Toshiro Mifune is good at playing rough, powerful and action-packed characters. After middle age, he mostly plays leaders. The films he starred in have won many awards at major international film festivals. "Rashomon" (1950), "Seven Samurai" (1954), and "The Life of the Unlawful Osomatsu" directed by Hiroshi Inagaki (1958) won the St. Mark's Golden Lion Award (Grand Prize) and St. Mark's respectively at the Venice International Film Festival. Silver Lion Award and St. Mark Bronze Lion Award. "Miyamoto Musashi" (1954) directed by Inagaki Hiroshi won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film that year. "The Bodyguard" (1961) and "Red Beard" (1965) made him win the Oscar twice. Won the Best Actor Award at the Venice Film Festival. These films have also won awards in Japan. His long-term collaboration with Akira Kurosawa was once known as "Kurosawa of the world, Mifune of the world." He died in 1997 due to multiple kidney organ failure. He died at the age of 77. He suffered from mild Alzheimer's disease in his later years. His final work is "The Deep River" directed by Kei Kumai in 1995. His major works include: "Spider Web Castle" (1957), "At the Bottom" (1957), "The Story of Osaka Castle" (1961), "Tsubaki Sanjuro" (1962), "Yamamoto Isoroku" (1968), "The Sun of Kurobe" (1968), "Gion Festival" (1968), "The Battle of the Sea of ??Japan" (1969), "Red Sun" (France, 1971), "The Conspiracy of the Yagyu Family" (1978), etc.

Charlton Heston

Male, born on October 4, 1924, in Evanston, Illinois, USA

Died on April 5, 2008 (Beverly Hills, California, USA)

Constellation: Libra

Life: Born on October 4, 1924 in Evans, Illinois, USA Dayton. In 1949, he successfully played the famous general Antonio in the historical film "Julius Caesar" and made his debut. In the 1950s, Heston continued to receive film appointments. Due to his burly figure and strong facial features, especially his Greek nose, most of the films he appeared in were big-scene, big-budget movies, and his roles were almost all saints and great men. , noble families, generals, leaders and other figures, thus contributing to the favorable factors for Charlton Heston's rapid rise to fame.

In 1959, he won the Academy Award for Best Actor with the super epic film "Ben-Hur". In the 1970s, he launched commercial blockbusters including "The Lost Planet of the Apes", "Earthquake", "Midway" and other commercial blockbusters, and also established his image as a super tough guy on the screen. Won the Oscar Humanitarian Award in 1977. In the 1980s, he mainly worked on television, starring in the epic drama "Dynasty". In 1989, he was invited by the Beijing People's Art Theater to direct the drama "Mutiny". He also served as president of the American Film Institute. In the 1990s, he still made occasional guest appearances, and used his rich voice to serve as dubbing and narration behind the scenes. His most recent film was 2003's "My Father."

On the evening of April 5, 2008, Charlton passed away at his home in Beverly Hills at the age of 84.

Edward Albert

Male, born on February 20, 1951, Los Angeles, California, USA

Died on September 22, 2006 Japan (California, USA)

Constellation: Pisces

Life: Edward Albert, an American film actor, was born in Los Angeles in 1951. He studied at the University of California and is a film actor. The son of Dee Albert and Margot, he began his film acting career in the 1970s, following in his father's footsteps. His first film was the 1972 comedy "Butterflies Free" co-starring Goldie Hawn and Erin Heckart. It depicts an enterprising young actress who falls in love with a blind young man next door, but the blind young man But the mother came out to intervene. This was originally a three-person stage comedy. After it was adapted to the screen, the film was well received due to the excellent performances of the actors. Then he co-starred with Swedish star Liv Ullman in "Female Flowers" (1973), which depicts a 40-year-old divorced woman who has an affair with a 22-year-old young man while on vacation in Greece. , he played the male lead. Since then, he has played leading roles in some films, such as "Midway" (1976), "The Domino Principle" (1977), "Greek Tycoon" (1978), "Armageddon" (1979), etc.

Edward Abbott worked as a production assistant on "Patton" in 1970 and participated in location shooting in Spain. He was also a photography enthusiast and his work was exhibited in Los Angeles.

Henry Fonda

Male, born on May 16, 1905, Grand Island, Nebraska, USA

Died in 1982 August 12 (Los Angeles, California, USA) Zodiac sign: Taurus

Height: 185cm

Real name: Henry Jaynes Fonda

Daughter: Jane Fonda

Son: Peter Fonda

Life: Henry Fonda was famous in Hollywood and Broadway for 50 years. He is a descendant of Dutch immigrants. His father opened a paint store. He aspired to be a writer when he was a boy. He became obsessed with drama in college and often participated in performances of amateur theater troupes. In 1929, he made his Broadway debut. Five years later, he became famous after successfully starring in the comedy "The Farmer Marries His Wife". In 1935, when Hollywood put this blockbuster drama on the screen, he was invited to continue to be the leading actor. In the film, his simple, sincere and funny performance won the appreciation of the audience. Since then, Henry Fonda has frequently traveled between Broadway and Hollywood, becoming a major star in American films and theaters, and has been active on the stage and screen for many years. The representative works of the 1940s are "Young Lincoln", "The Grapes of Wrath" and "Duel in the Wild"; the representative works of the 1950s are "War and Peace" and "12 Angry Men"; the representative works of the 1960s and 1970s are "History of the Development of the West", "Blooded Sky", "Snake", etc.

Henry Fonda's acting career lasted until the early 1980s. He was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1978. On March 31, 1981, the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded him a special honor. Award to commemorate his "brilliant achievements and immortal contributions to the film performing arts over half a century." When filming "On Golden Pond", Henry Fonda was seriously ill and had a pacemaker. However, with his superb acting skills and deep feelings for the art of film, he performed the character of Norman in the film vividly and touchingly, and with this film he achieved his dream of becoming the Oscar winner.

Henry Fonda was married five times in his life. Jane Fonda and Peter Fonda were his daughters with his third wife. Jane inherited her father's mantle and was also a Hollywood star. acting superstar.