Mifune: The Last Samurai
Robert Okazaki / US, 2015 / 80 min.
Japanese film star Toshiro Mifune played in many Akira Kurosawa films and excelled in subtle stoicism and outrageous courage. An amusing, homage-based introduction to his work for the unfamiliar or those who wish to revisit them; featuring film luminaries including Spielberg and Scorsese.
Toshirô Mifune (1920 - 1997) was one of the most famous actors of the Japanese ‘Golden Age of Cinema’ during the 1950s and 1960s. From 1947 onwards, he played over 170 roles in films with Rashomon, Seven Samurai, Throne of Blood, Yojimbo, The Bad Sleep Well and Red Beard – all by his favourite filmmaker Akira Kurosawa – being the most famous. Both would influence film globally. Without them there would be no Magnificent Seven , Clint Eastwood would never have had a Fistful of Dollars and Darth Vader would never have been a samurai.
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Director
Robert Okazaki
Production year
2015
Country
US
Original title
Mifune: The Last Samurai
Length
80 min.
Language
Japanese, English
Subtitles
ENG
Format
DCP
Part of
Akira Kurosawa
After an absence of more than 30 years, Eye is bringing the films of one of Japan’s greatest filmmakers, Akira Kurosawa, to the big screen again, some in digitally restored versions. In his films, Kurosawa blends Japanese history and culture with literary and cinematic influences from the West.
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