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2016
Not Rated
Strand Releasing
1 h 20 m

2016
Not Rated
Strand Releasing
1 h 20 m

Summary Mifune: The Last Samurai 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 ...

Directed By: Steven Okazaki

Written By: Stuart Galbraith IV, Steven Okazaki

2016
Not Rated
Strand Releasing
1 h 20 m

2016
Not Rated
Strand Releasing
1 h 20 m

Mifune: The Last Samurai

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 14 Critic Reviews

64

User Score Generally Favorable Based on 5 User Ratings

8.0

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Summary Mifune: The Last Samurai 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 ...

Directed By: Steven Okazaki

Written By: Stuart Galbraith IV, Steven Okazaki

Where to Watch

Critic Reviews

Metascore

Generally Favorable Based on 14 Critic Reviews

64% Positive
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36% Mixed
5 Reviews

0% Negative
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Metascore

Generally Favorable Based on 14 Critic Reviews

64% Positive
9 Reviews

36% Mixed
5 Reviews

0% Negative
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Los Angeles Times

Dec 1, 2016

As directed by Oscar-winning documentarian Steven Okazaki, "Mifune" is thorough and insightful enough to enlighten the man's numerous fans and serve as an introduction to those unfamiliar with his gifts and his influence, which were huge.

By Kenneth Turan FULL REVIEW

San Francisco Chronicle

Dec 8, 2016

It’s a film sure to delight fans and make new ones of one of the movies’ most special personalities.

Nov 26, 2016

Even if it is too brief and leaves too much out to be “definitive,” it serves up heaping helpings of Mifune’s film work and bits of home movies and the like to create a fascinating man-behind the stoic face/samurai icon below-the-topknot portrait of Mifune.

By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW

The New York Times

Nov 25, 2016

It’s a brisk and energetic primer for those who don’t know his movies or are ready to watch them again. And it doubles as a history of the chanbara (sword fighting) genre, providing an opportunity to sample clips from seldom-seen or partially lost silent films.

By Ben Kenigsberg FULL REVIEW

Nov 27, 2016

A dutiful and diverting but rather bare-bones documentary portrait.

By Owen Gleiberman FULL REVIEW

The Hollywood Reporter

Nov 23, 2016

The subject is a rich one, but the film simply isn’t incisive enough.

By Stephen Farber FULL REVIEW

Nov 25, 2016

A thin, dull, and by-the-numbers biography that fails to capture its subject’s irrepressible spirit or properly contextualize his importance.

By David Ehrlich FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 5 User Ratings

80% Positive
4 Ratings

20% Mixed
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0% Negative
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User Reviews

User Score

Generally Favorable Based on 5 User Ratings

80% Positive
4 Ratings

20% Mixed
1 Rating

0% Negative
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Details

Production Company Chuo Eigaboeki Co., Creative Associates Limited (CAL), Dentsu, Farallon Films, Sedic International, Tokyo MX

Release Date Nov 25, 2016

Duration 1 h 20 m

Rating Not Rated

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Website https://www.facebook.com/MifuneTheLastSamurai/

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Awards

Venice Film Festival

• 1 Nomination

Denver International Film Festival

• 1 Nomination

Hawaii International Film Festival

• 1 Nomination

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