Toshiro Mifune

  • Kurosawa delivers a shamelessly commercial adventure story that proved a direct influence on George Lucas’ Star Wars. Always a good time introducing Steve to Asian classics. Read More

  • For this month’s Full Disclosure over at Twitch, my July entry on the list of shame was Kurosawa Akira’s 1965 drama, Red Beard – his last collaboration with actor Mifune… Read More

  • My favourite Kurosawa film, and quite possibly my favourite Asian film of all-time, this masterful morality play changed the language of cinema forever. Its revelation that narrators, performances, even the… Read More