Toshiro Mifune in Samurai Assassin 1965 Directed by Kihachi Okamoto #filmsky #moviesky #japan #movies #samurai #ToshiroMifune #KihachiOkamoto #三船敏郎 #岡本喜八 #侍
“The Sunset Branch,” by W. S. Di Piero

Poetry by W. S. Di Piero: “When do we find ourselves, and where?”

The New Yorker
Mifune vs the system. In Samurai Rebellion, honor and love go head-to-head with authority. Kobayashi’s direction is precise, the performances devastating. Not much action, but the moral blade cuts deep.
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#SamuraiCinema #ToshiroMifune #MasakiKobayashi
Samurai Rebellion

Will you draw on your secret principles of swordplay?

VIKINGS vs SAMURAI
Crash-landing Englishman. Scheming daimyo. Deadly noblewoman. Shōgun throws you into a sword-slicked showdown of loyalty, power & betrayal. Clavell's novel lit the fuse, now it’s cinematic fire again. And Toshiro Mifune? Absolute samurai thunder.
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#Shogun #Samurai #JamesClavell #ToshiroMifune
Shōgun

Shōgun looks dope. It’s based on James Clavell's bestselling novel, which was also adapted as a television series in 1980.

VIKINGS vs SAMURAI
Rule poetry is in being crazy to die 🧘‍♂️

#Movies . . .

Here's one you don't see very often . . . a #SpaghettiWestern called #RedSun (1971) starring #CharlesBronson & #ToshiroMifune. I have it on #DVD but just streamed it on #Tubi.

Another cross-over film Mifune did was #HellInThePacific (1968), a WWII film that he co-starred in with #LeeMarvin that is also rarely seen & that I also have on #DVD.

Two rare performances by Mifune in a US film or TV production. Watch them if you can find them.