Toshiro Mifune
2009 March 10
He was Akira Kurosawa’s favorite actor and a pitch-man for Sapporo Beer in the 1970s. These images are interesting because the catchphrase translates as, “Men don’t speak! Sapporo Beer.” Implying that real men are the strong, silent type (who also smoke and drink beer in large gulps, holding the glass like they just got out of prison).
