Mifune: The Last Samurai
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| Directed by | Steven Okazaki |
| Produced by | Toshiaki Nakazawa |
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| Music by | Jeffrey Wood |
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| Edited by | Steven Okazaki |
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| Distributed by | Strand Releasing |
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| Country | United States |
Mifune: The Last Samurai, also known as Mifune, is a 2015 biographical documentary directed by Steven Okazaki. It chronicles the life of Toshiro Mifune, a Japanese actor and international star most noted for playing samurai characters in films by Akira Kurosawa.[1]
Contents
Cast
- Toshiro Mifune (archival footage) as himself
- Akira Kurosawa (archival footage) as himself
- Kyōko Kagawa as herself
- Yoko Tsukasa as herself
- Yoshio Tsuchiya as himself
- Takeshi Kato as himself
- Kaoru Yachigusa as herself
- Yosuke Natsuki as himself
- Terumi Niki as herself
- Steven Spielberg as himself
- Martin Scorsese as himself
- Shiro Mifune as himself
- Hisao Kurosawa as himself
- Teruyo Nogami as herself
- Tadao Sato as himself
- Sadao Nakajima as himself
- Haruo Nakajima as himself
- Kanzo Uni as himself
- Wataru Akashi as himself
- Kōji Yakusho as himself
- Keanu Reeves as narrator
Production
Mifune was produced by Toshiaki Nakazawa, known for producing 13 Assassins and Sukiyaki Western Django.[2]
Writing
Mifune is inspired by the book Samurai: Hyōden Mifune Toshirō (Samurai: A Biography of Mifune Toshirō) by Matsuda Michiko.[1][3]
Release
Mifune officially opened on November 25, 2016 at the IFC Center in New York City, over a year after its premiere at the Venice Film Festival in September 2015.[4][2]
Its opening coincided with Toshiro Mifune being honored with a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame—the ceremony also featured a screening of the film.[5]
Home media
On April 25, 2017, Netflix began streaming Mifune in the United States on the same day as its DVD release.[6]
Reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 82% based on 34 reviews, with an average rating of 6.5/10.[7]
On Metacritic, the film has a score of 64 out of 100, based on 14 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[8]
Awards and nominations
- Venice Film Festival (2015)
- Nominated – Best Documentary on Cinema – Steven Okazaki
- Nominated – Documentary Feature – Steven Okazaki
- Nominated – Best Documentary – Steven Okazaki
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- 2015 films
- Akira Kurosawa
- Films directed by Steven Okazaki
- Japanese epic films
- Japanese documentary films
- 2010s Japanese-language films
- Samurai films
- Seven Samurai
- Toho films
- 2015 documentary films
- 2015 martial arts films
- 2010s Japanese films
