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New Documentary Pays Tribute To Japanese Actor Toshiro Mifune The documentary "Mifune: The Last Samurai" played at the San Diego Asian Film Festival last year. Now it gets a theatrical engagement at Landmark's Ken Cinema. In the program for the San Diego ...

Spotlight: Toshiro Mifune — Japan’s Greatest Ever Actor In this month's Spotlight article, we're looking back at the life of Toshiro Mifune, the man widely regarded as Japan's greatest ever actor.

Mifune Toshiro | Biography & Movies | Britannica Mifune Toshirō (born April 1, 1920, Qingdao, Shandong province, China—died December 24, 1997, Mitaka, near Tokyo, Japan) was a leading actor in the post- World War II Japanese cinema, known internationally for his energetic, flamboyant portrayals of samurai characters, especially in films directed by Kurosawa Akira.

Toshiro Mifune: The First Non-White Movie Hero — Interview The modern movie hero owes a great debt to Toshiro Mifune, the longtime Akira Kurosawa star who provided a ferocious centerpiece to everything from “Seven Samurai” to “Yojimbo.” Steven ...

Mifune - Soul Eater Wiki Mifune (ミフネ, Mifune), known by the epithet "God of the Sword" (剣神, Kenshin),[2] is an infamous samurai and bodyguard who acts as a guardian to the little witch, Angela Leon.[9] He is later blackmailed into the service of Arachnophobia by it's head, Arachne Gorgon.[2] Often stoic in nature and staunch in attitude, Mifune tends be somewhat quiet in situations that do not directly ...

Looking Back at Toshiro Mifune’s Legendary Career From the 1940s and into the ‘80s, Toshiro Mifune was known around the world as Japan’s answer to John Wayne. He starred in almost 200 movies, including a slew of classics directed by the great Akira Kurosawa. His life is now the subject of a new film called, “Mifune: The Last Samurai.” It’s from Oscar-winning documentarian Steven Okazaki, and he chatted with us about the unexpected ...

Mifune Productions - The Movie Database (TMDB) Mifune Productions is a production company based in Tokyo. Discover new movies and TV shows from Mifune Productions and where you can watch them.