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Films starring Toshiro Mifune
Probably the most famous film actor in the history of Japanese cinema, Mifune is inevitably associated with the many Samurai roles he undertook during his long career. The Seven Samurai is his best-known appearance, but he was even better as the wiley manipulator in Yojimbo, for which he won the Best Actor award at Venice. He was terrific in his... show more > Recommended Films starring Toshiro Mifune
 
Seven Samurai1954, Akira Kurosawa, DVD Superlative adventure film in which seven warriors defend a village from ferocious bandits. With comedy, pathos, tension and some of the finest action sequences ever filmed, this is simply magnificent cinema. It was of course later remade as 'The ... £9.99 RRP: £19.99
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 Rashomon1950, Akira Kurosawa, DVD A woodcutter witnesses an ambush, rape and murder in a forest. In the telling of the tale however, each of the four participants gives a different view of what happened - is anyone telling the truth? This film was arguably the first to alert Weste... £5.99 RRP: £19.99
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 The Bad Sleep Well1960, Akira Kurosawa, DVD The first feature from Kurosawa's own production company is an adaptation of an Ed McBain novel with distinct overtones of Hamlet. Leisurely paced and bitterly ironic, it's also an exposé of the corruption and politics of greed at the heart of Jap... £9.99 RRP: £19.99
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 The Hidden Fortress1958, Akira Kurosawa, DVD Set in the clan wars of 16th century Japan, a solitary Samurai escorts a young fugitive princess on the run through enemy territory. Treatment is part traditional (Noh theatre) and part eclectic (John Ford) resulting in a stirring action adventure... £9.99 RRP: £19.99
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 Throne of Blood1957, Akira Kurosawa, DVD You will find no poetry in Throne of Blood's sparse dialogue, and little subtlety in its characterisation, but its pace, atmosphere and imagery have a power that is absolutely Shakespearean. The Bard's evocation of tenth-century Scotland is brilli... £9.99 RRP: £19.99
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 High And Low1963, Akira Kurosawa, DVD A ruthless kidnapper aiming to snatch a wealthy industrialist's son takes the chauffeur's son by mistake - but still demands the ransom. Inspector Tokuro is ruthless in his pursuit of the kidnapper, and the tension increases as he closes in on his... £9.99 RRP: £19.99
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 Kurosawa Samurai Collection1962, Akira Kurosawa, DVD The films of Akira Kurosawa, one of the cinema’s greatest auteurs, have had a profound effect on audiences around the world, and his acclaimed samurai epics – featuring international star Toshiro Mifune – have inspired filmmakers a diverse as Geor... £30.49 RRP: £39.99
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 Drunken Angel1948, Akira Kurosawa, DVD Set in a depressed post-war Japan still occupied by the Americans, this is both a character-driven film noir and an allegory of Japan's reconstruction, in which the worlds of a greedy, alcoholic doctor and a shallow young Yakuza gangster collide. ... £9.99 RRP: £19.99
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 Red Beard1965, Akira Kurosawa, DVD The last and most ambitious of Kurosawa's collaborations with Mifune, who plays an authoritarian but humane doctor who has to teach an idle new intern responsibility to oneself and others. A series of vignettes transform the arrogant student into ... £9.99 RRP: £19.99
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 Kurosawa Classic Collection1949-70, Akira Kurosawa, DVD Akira Kurosawa, one of the cinema’s greatest auteurs, has wowed audiences worldwide and inspired filmmakers as diverse as George Lucas and Sergio Leone. This essential 5-disc box set brings together five of his most profound masterpieces exploring... £38.99 RRP: £49.99
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 Sanjuro1962, Akira Kurosawa, DVD Shows Kurosawa's lightest touch in dealing with the Samurai genre. With a heady blend of traditional Japanese theatrical conventions and the language of Western film-making, Sanjuro is a masterpiece of comedy-drama, with a final fight scene so swi... £9.99 RRP: £19.99
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 The Silent Duel1949, Akira Kurosawa, DVD Toshiro Mifune, in his second role for Kurosawa, plays Kyoji Fujisaki, a young doctor who contracts syphilis from a patient during wartime surgery in the South Pacific. After the war, he returns to his fiancée whom he rejects without explanation t... £7.99 RRP: £19.99
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 Yojimbo1961, Akira Kurosawa, DVD The story of a lone Samurai who appears one day in a feuding gamblers' town as a mercenary for sale, widely considered to be one of the best action/adventure movies ever made. Later remade by Leone as A Fistful of Dollars. £9.99 RRP: £19.99
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 I Live In Fear1955, Akira Kurosawa, DVD Made at the height of the Cold War, Kurosawa bases his film around a wealthy foundry owner who decides to move his entire family from Tokyo to Brazil to escape the holocaust which he believes is imminent. The family are living too comfortably in J... £9.99 RRP: £19.99
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 Kurosawa Crime Collection1948-63, Akira Kurosawa, DVD Akira Kurosawa, one of the cinema’s greatest auteurs, has wowed audiences worldwide and inspired filmmakers as diverse as George Lucas and Sergio Leone. This highly collectable 4-disc box set highlights his mastery of the crime genre bringing toge... £29.99 RRP: £39.99
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