Editing Toshiro Mifune (section)

==Personal life==
Among Mifune's fellow performers, one of the 32 women chosen during the new faces contest was Sachiko Yoshimine.  Eight years Mifune's junior, she came from a respected Tokyo family. They fell in love and Mifune soon proposed marriage.

Director [[Senkichi Taniguchi]], with the help of [[Akira Kurosawa]], convinced the Yoshimine family to allow the marriage. The wedding took place in February 1950 at the [[Aoyama Gakuin University|Aoyama Gakuin]] Methodist Church.<ref>{{cite web |title=Toshiro Mifune and Sachiko Yoshimine' wedding... |url=http://stuffstuff1757.tumblr.com/post/48280052288/toshiro-mifune-and-sachiko-yoshimine-wedding |access-date=November 29, 2018 |website=Oddstuff}}</ref>{{unreliable source?|date=April 2022}} Yoshimine was a [[Buddhism in Japan|Buddhist]] but since Mifune was a [[Christianity in Japan|Christian]], they were married in church as per [[Christian views on marriage|Christian tradition]].<ref>{{cite web |date=June 13, 2011 |title=A great photo spread of Toshiro Mifune's wedding to Sachiko Yoshimine in 1950. Eiga Fan, March 1950 |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/bampfa/34925494740 |access-date=November 29, 2018 |work=Flickr}}</ref>

In November of the same year, their first son, Shirō was born. In 1955, they had a second son, Takeshi. Mifune's daughter {{ill |Mika Mifune|lt=Mika|ja|三船美佳}} was born to his mistress, actress Mika Kitagawa, in 1982. 
<ref>{{cite web |title=In 1974, while still legally married, Mifune enraged conservative purists by taking Mika Kitagawa, who later became his second wife, to a state dinner |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1986/07/18/In-1974-while-still-legally-married-Mifune-enraged-conservative/6778522043200/ |access-date=January 2, 2022 |website=UPI Archives}}</ref>

[[File:三船敏郎の墓・神奈川県川崎市・春秋苑.JPG|thumb|right|The Mifune family tomb in [[Kawasaki, Kanagawa]] ]]

In 1992, Mifune began suffering from a serious unknown health problem. It has been variously suggested that he destroyed his health with overwork, suffered a [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]], or experienced a [[stroke]]. He retreated from public life and remained largely confined to his home, cared for by his estranged wife Sachiko. When she died from [[pancreatic cancer]] in 1995, Mifune's physical and mental state declined rapidly.{{Citation needed|date=March 2008}}

===Death===
On December 24, 1997, he died in [[Mitaka, Tokyo|Mitaka]], [[Tokyo]], of [[Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome|multiple organ failure]] at the age of 77.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lyman |first=Rick |date=December 25, 1997 |title=Toshiro Mifune, Actor, Dies at 77; The Primal Hero of Samurai Films |page=B6 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/12/25/movies/toshiro-mifune-actor-dies-at-77-the-primal-hero-of-samurai-films.html |work=The New York Times |accessdate=March 5, 2024}}</ref>

===Honors===
Mifune won the [[Volpi Cup for Best Actor]] twice, in 1961 and 1965.{{Citation needed|date=February 2024}} He was awarded the [[Medals of Honor (Japan)|Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon]] in 1986<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mifuneproductions.co.jp/english/biography/ebiography.html|title=Toshiro Mifune – Biography|website=www.mifuneproductions.co.jp|access-date=November 29, 2018}}</ref> and the [[Order of the Sacred Treasure]] in 1993.<ref>[http://www.editions-harmattan.fr/index.asp?navig=catalogue&obj=article&no=8245 L'Harmattan web site (in French)], Order with gold ribbon</ref> In 1973, he was a member of the jury at the [[8th Moscow International Film Festival]].<ref name="Moscow1973">{{cite web |url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1973 |title=8th Moscow International Film Festival (1973) |access-date=December 25, 2012 |work=MIFF |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116194922/http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1973 |archive-date=January 16, 2013  }}</ref> In 1977, he was a member of the jury at the [[10th Moscow International Film Festival]].<ref name="Moscow1977">{{cite web |url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1977 |title=10th Moscow International Film Festival (1977) |access-date=January 7, 2013 |work=MIFF |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116194935/http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1977 |archive-date=January 16, 2013  }}</ref>

On November 14, 2016, Mifune received a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] for his work in the motion picture industry.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.walkoffame.com/toshiro-mifune|title=Toshiro Mifune {{!}} Hollywood Walk of Fame |website=www.walkoffame.com |access-date=November 26, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2016/11/16/entertainment-news/hollywood-walk-fame-honors-late-samurai-star-toshiro-mifune/#.WDl_6ndh1PM|title=Hollywood Walk of Fame honors late samurai star Toshiro Mifune {{!}} The Japan Times|newspaper=The Japan Times|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161127043359/http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2016/11/16/entertainment-news/hollywood-walk-fame-honors-late-samurai-star-toshiro-mifune/#.WDpiPugXyUk |archive-date=November 27, 2016 |access-date=April 29, 2022}}</ref>