Toshiro Mifune and the Legacy of Samurai Films

The Leonard Lopate Show | Nov 21, 2016

Academy-Award winning filmmaker Steven Okazaki joins us to discuss his new film, “Mifune: The Last Samurai” a feature-length documentary that explores the evolution of the samurai film, Mifune's childhood and experiences during World War II, his accidental entry into the movies and his collaboration with Akira Kurosawa.

Opens November 25 at the IFC Center (323 6th Avenue). 

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