Toshiro Mifune once wrote of his collaboration with the director Akira Kurosawa, “I have never as an actor done anything that I am proud of other than with him.”. OK. Fine. Those were 16 ...

Director Akira Kurosawa and star Toshiro Mifune did some of their finest work together with this pair of films from the early ...

Steven Okazaki’s new documentary pays tribute to Japanese matinee idol Toshiro Mifune, whose iconic performances in films like Seven Samurai and Rashomon still influence cinema today.

Toshiro Mifune and his unforgettable collaborations with Akira Kurosawa are recalled in this celebratory doc about the indelible actor. James Greenberg. November 25, 2016 @ 9:52 AM.

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 ...

Toshiro Mifune was the first movie hero who wasn’t a white guy. He didn’t demean himself or belittle his culture. And he didn’t take shit from anyone. You look at him, ...

“Mifune: The Last Samurai,” a dutiful and diverting but rather bare-bones documentary portrait, opens with a series of clips and photographs of Toshiro Mifune, the scowling-eyed Japanese actor ...

Director Akira Kurosawa, left, and Toshiro Mifune confer on the set of the 1965 film “Red Beard,” which many consider one of Kurosawa’s best. Mifune starred as a rural doctor confronting a ...

Toshiro Mifune was to Akira Kurosawa what Robert DeNiro is to Martin Scorsese. (Kurosawa is to Japan what Fellini is to Italy and Bergman is to Sweden).

Mifune, ironically, would eventually find his way into a major American production anyway. A few years after Star Wars debuted in 1977, ... Toshiro Mifune, was almost Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Hell in the Pacific is a criminally underrated World War II film that starred none other than Lee Marvin and Toshiro Mifune.