Toshiro Mifune should be a household name. The rarest of talents who rose from extremely harsh conditions to achieve fame and success, his story deserves to be known. Thankfully, director Steven ...

Toshirô Mifune from 'Seven Samurai' holding a lightsaber against a blue background with the words "Star Wars" Image by Zanda Rice When Seven Samurai was released in Japan on April 26, 1954, it changed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Mifune: The Last Samurai,” a dutiful and diverting but rather bare-bones documentary portrait, opens with a series of clips and ...

Toshiro Mifune was a name to conjure with. A galvanic performer who was as present in his roles as anyone who ever lived, the legendary Japanese actor is the subject of “Mifune: The Last Samurai,” a ...

Keanu Reeves narrates Steven Okazaki's new documentary. Not for nothing is Toshiro Mifune one of the most renowned actors of world cinema. Known mostly for his many collaborations with Akira Kurosawa ...

A version of this interview was original published at the Telluride Film Festival, where “Mifune” premiered this fall. The film opens November 25 at the IFC Center in New York with more cities to ...

Beginning in the late 1940s and through the ’50s and ’60s, as we learn in the documentary “Mifune: The Last Samurai,” the actor Toshiro Mifune and writer-director Akira Kurosawa had one of the most ...

What if there was a single movie star from the golden age of world cinema who combined the cool of Humphrey Bogart, the charisma of Paul Newman and the acting chops of Marlon Brando? There’s no ...

Directors Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese are among those who pay tribute to celebrated Japanese actor Toshiro Mifune in this Telluride doc. By Stephen Farber Telluride serves a noble purpose in ...

A look at the life and art of Toshiro Mifune captures a Japanese movie star's revolutionary ferocity but not the mystery behind it. “Mifune: The Last Samurai,” a dutiful and diverting but rather ...