A version of this interview was original published at the Telluride Film Festival, where “Mifune” premiered this fall. The film opens November 25 at the IFC Center in New York with more cities to ...

Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we talk about movie stars and filmmakers and not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones they made in between. This is the ...

For his latest documentary, Berkeley filmmaker Steve Okazaki trained his lens on one of his childhood heroes, Toshiro Mifune — a legendary Japanese movie star who still has legions of fans, but whose ...

In his defining moments on screen, Toshiro Mifune was glowering and silent, as if careful not to let slip a hint of his next move. To judge by Mifune: The Last Samurai, he was much the same off screen ...

When an actor appears in many films of a particular director it becomes a sort of short-hand subject to define either’s work. Sometimes it feels as if one influenced the other, or vice versa, but ...

This week, Capcom revealed that its upcoming revival of a beloved series, Onimusha: Way of the Sword, will feature Miyamoto Musashi as one of its protagonists. It just so happens that there’s a ...

Collier Jennings is an entertainment journalist with a substantial amount of experience under his belt. Collier, or "CJ" to his friends and family, is a dedicated fan of genre films - particularly ...

Director Steven Okazaki’s documentary on movie star Toshiro Mifune features interviews with Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese and others. A version of this interview was original published at the ...