Mifune: The Last Samurai
- Synopsis
- Nearly 20 years after his death, Toshiro Mifune remains a giant of Japanese cinema.
Rich with archive footage and personal reminiscences from family and friends, this Keanu Reeves-narrated documentary shines a light on both the man and the actor, starting with his childhood and military service, through to his early years in the popular ‘chanbara’ action movies that he would later draw on for a string of masterpieces made with legendary filmmaker Akira Kurosawa.
Featuring contributions from Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese. - Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Year of production
- 2016
- Subjects
- Film studies; Japanese studies
- Keywords
- actors; cinema - Japan; Toshiro Mifune (1920-1997)
Credits
- Director
- Steven Okazaki
Distribution Formats
- Type
- DVD
- Format
- Region 2 PAL
- Price
- £14.99
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 77 minutes; 61 minutes
- Year
- 2019
Distributor
- Name
BFI Distribution
- bookings.films@bfi.org.uk
- Web
- http://www.bfi.org.uk/distribution External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7957 8938/8935
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London
W1P 2LN - Notes
- The British Film Institute is a specialist non-theatric rental distributor of international fiction and documentary films on 16mm and 35mm film, as well as VHS and DVD video. The holdings are so vast that only those titles available on DVD and HD Digital are listed in full on the website, so it is worth enquiring about specific titles that might only be available for hire in other formats. The BFI has partnered with on-line platforms such as lovefilm and blinkbox to deliver a selection of films to buy or rent in digital format, and others are streamed free of charge on the BFI’s YouTube channel or as dowloadable clips on the Creative Archive section of the BFI’s own website.
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