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 ...

For his latest documentary, Berkeley filmmaker Steve Okazaki trained his lens on one of his childhood heroes, Toshiro Mifune — a legendary Japanese movie star who still has legions of fans, but whose ...

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 ...

Only a handful of film actors loom so large they tend to dominate the pictures in which they star. Katharine Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart and Marlon Brando all fit the bill. So does Toshiro Mifune, the ...

Note: "Drunken Angel" screens April 14 at MOPA as part of Famous Firsts since it marks the first collaboration of Mifune and Kurosawa The documentary "Mifune: The Last Samurai" played at the San Diego ...

“Mifune: The Last Samurai” is a celebration of the originality and influence of the Japanese star Toshiro Mifune (1920-1997), shown as a rare actor capable of the subtlest stoicism and the wildest ...

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 post-war ...

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 ...