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It chronicles the life of toshiro mifune, a japanese actor and international star most noted for playing samurai characters in films by akira kurosawa. Rich with archive footage and personal reminiscences from family and friends, this keanu reevesnarrated documentary shines a light on both the man and the actor, starting. Mifune made sixteen remarkable films with director akira kurosawa during the golden age of japanese cinema, including. The last samurai featuring toshiro mifune and keanu reeves is streaming with subscription on the criterion channel, available for rent or purchase on.
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The last samurai is a pretty good documentary about a truly great subject. Toshiro mifune 192097 was the most prominent actor of japans golden age of cinema in the 1950s and 60s. The last samurai, a new film by academy awardwinning filmmaker steven okazaki. The last samurai reveals him as a formidable and mercurial talent, both onscreen and off, and offers rare insights into his background that draw intriguing parallels with lee marvin. He also portrayed miyamoto musashi in hiroshi inagakis samurai trilogy and one. The last samurai, a documentary on the actor directed by steven okazaki and narrated by keanu reeves the script is by okazaki and stuart galbraith iv got off on a somewhat bad foot for me. The last samurai, opens with a series of clips and photographs of toshiro mifune, the scowlingeyed japanese actor who became, in effect, the worlds first action star. To fans of japanese film, mifune needs no introduction. On april 25, 2017, netflix began streaming mifune in the united states on the. Mifune made 16 remarkable films with director akira kurosawa during the golden age of japanese cinema, including.
He appeared in nearly 170 films, but his most compelling work was with director akira kurosawa with whom he made 16 films in 18 years. The last samurai stars keanu reeves, steven spielberg, martin scorsese the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 20 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. The last samurai, which has a domestic theatrical release in the year of 2016. The decline of rerun houses and japanese film retrospectives may have dimmed the memory of an extraordinary actor. The last samurai, a new film by academy awardwinning filmmaker steven okazaki, explores the accidental movie career of toshiro. Okazaki cleverly kept his camera on mifune as samurai, the last samurai, which is slightly misleading.
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