In “The Last Samurai,” even his fight choreographer, Kanzo Uni — a man who was killed onscreen by Mifune more than 100 times — testifies that during a scene, when Toshiro would come at him ...

In “The Last Samurai,” even his fight choreographer, Kanzo Uni — a man who was killed onscreen by Mifune more than 100 times — testifies that during a scene, when Toshiro would come at him ...

One of the cinephile must-see documentaries of 2016 is “Mifune: The Last Samurai,” an in-depth look at legendary Japanese actor Toshiro Mifune. He is best known for his work with ...

In his defining moments on screen, Toshiro Mifune was glowering and silent, as if careful not to let slip a hint of his next move. To judge by Mifune: The Last Samurai, he was much the same off ...

The image of Toshiro Mifune wielding a samurai sword, eyes glaring at his foe, is among the first images to come to most American filmgoers’s minds when they think about Japanese cinema. And ...

Mifune’s first feature, a tense and bittersweet 1947 thriller filmed in the snowy mountains of Hokkaido, feels as if it could be a Kurosawa film. That’s probably because Kurosawa wrote the ...

If Toshiro Mifune is new to you, perhaps this film will do as a quick intro. Otherwise, go find “Seven Samurai,” “Yojimbo,” “High and Low,” and meet a movie star in his natural habitat.

Toshiro Mifune: The First Non-White Movie Hero — Interview Director Steven Okazaki’s documentary on movie star Toshiro Mifune features interviews with Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese and others.

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 ...

One of the docs at this year’s festival, Mifune: The Last Samuai, pays tribute to legendary Japanese actor Toshiro Mifune, whose work with Akira Kurosawa helped to revitalize Japanese cinema in ...