Includes interviews with Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, and more. Narrated by Keanu Reeves.
“Brimming with rich insights into Mr. Mifune’s longtime partnership with Akira Kurosawa.”
– Ben Kenigsburg, The New York Times
“The real accomplishment of Mifune: The Last Samurai, and perhaps of any successful documentary about cinema history, is that it makes you want to run out and see the movies all over again.”
– James Greenberg, The Wrap
“A smart and thoughtful examination of who the man was and how he got that way.”
– Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
“The greatest Japanese actor is beautifully celebrated in a much-needed, long-overdue biographical tribute by Steven Okazaki.”
– David Noh, Film Journal International
“Offers a personal and professional tribute to an actor who reinvented the hero for a post-World War II age.”
– Ed Frankl, Film Stage
MIFUNE: THE LAST SAMURAI, a new film by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Steven Okazaki, explores the accidental movie career of Toshiro Mifune, one of the true giants of world cinema.
Mifune made 16 remarkable films with director Akira Kurosawa during the Golden Age of Japanese Cinema, including Rashomon, Seven Samurai and Yojimbo.
Together they thrilled audiences and influenced filmmaking around the world, providing direct inspiration for not only The Magnificent Seven and Sergio Leone and Clint Eastwood’s breakthrough, A Fistful of Dollars, but also George Lucas’ Star Wars. (Strand)
