Movie
Mifune: The Last Samurai
Overview
An account of the life and work of legendary Japanese actor Toshirō Mifune (1920-97), the most prominent actor of the Golden Age of Japanese cinema.
Details
- Release date
- 2016-12-02
- Runtime
- 81 min
- Genres
- Documentary
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Farallon Films, CAL, Mifune Productions, Kurosawa Production, Sedic International, dentsu, Tokyo MX, Chuo Eigaboeki
- Country
- Japan, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Keanu Reeves as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Kyōko Kagawa as Self - Actress
- Yōko Tsukasa as Self - Actress
- Yoshio Tsuchiya as Self - Actor
- Takeshi Katō as Self - Actor
- Kaoru Yachigusa as Self - Actress
- Yōsuke Natsuki as Self - Actor
- Terumi Niki as Self - Actress
- Steven Spielberg as Self - Filmmaker
- Martin Scorsese as Self - Filmmaker
- Shirō Mifune as Self - Mifune's Eldest Son
- Hisao Kurosawa as Self - Kurosawa's Eldest Son
Crew
- Steven Okazaki - Director
- Stuart Galbraith IV - Writer
- Steven Okazaki - Writer
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