Mifune: The Last Samurai

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Series/Themes: Art, Historical Themes, Spotlight Screenings

Genre: Documentaries

Film Year: 2015

Locations: Japan

Film Length: 80 min.

Director: Steven Okazaki

Featuring: Toshirô Mifune, Wataru Akashi, Kyôko Kagawa, Hisao Kurosawa, Haruo Nakajima.

Toshiro Mifune was the most prominent actor of Japan’s Golden Age of Cinema in the 1950s and 60s. He appeared in nearly 170 films, but his most compelling work was with director Akira Kurosawa (Seven Samurai, Rashomon, The Hidden Fortress). Together they created numerous works of art that thrilled audiences, influenced filmmaking around the world, and transformed the chanbara film, the period sword-fighting movie, into bold, provocative narratives that pushed beyond the boundaries of the genre.

 

Presented by Violet Crown Charlottesville

Saturday, November 5
5:00 PM
Downtown Mall : Violet Crown B
Add To Calendar 20161105 17:00 20161105 18:30 America/New_York VFF: Mifune: The Last Samurai

Toshiro Mifune was the most prominent actor of Japan’s Golden Age of Cinema in the 1950s and 60s. He appeared in nearly 170 films, but his most compelling work was with director Akira Kurosawa (Seven Samurai, Rashomon, The Hidden Fortress). Together they created numerous works of art that thrilled audiences, influenced filmmaking around the world, and transformed the chanbara film, the period sword-fighting movie, into bold, provocative narratives that pushed beyond the boundaries of the genre.

 

Presented by Violet Crown Charlottesville

 Downtown Mall : Violet Crown B Virginia Film Festival info@virginiafilmfestival.org

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