One reason movie lovers the world over hold the filmmaker Akira Kurosawa in such high regard is that he instilled visceral excitement into Japanese cinema as no one had before him. Whether he was more ...

The masterless samurai Sanjuro, who slyly manipulates two warring clans to his own advantage in a small, dusty village, was so entertainingly embodied by the brilliant Toshiro Mifune that it was only ...

When fans think of the great Akira Kurosawa, they often think of the grand samurai and war epics that came to define his career early on. Movies like Seven Samurai, Throne of Blood and The Hidden ...

A colleague recently asked me to list my 'Top 5 English-language films of the last 50 years'. This cruel task was made easier by keeping my love of world movies at bay. So when asked to pick my ...

The masterless samurai Sanjuro, who slyly manipulates two warring clans to his own advantage in a small, dusty village, was so entertainingly embodied by the brilliant Toshiro Mifune that it was only ...

Lecture/Screening class (3 hours) Lecture with BAMPFA senior curator, Susan Oxtoby. In one of his best-known roles, Toshiro Mifune plays the boisterous, bullying ...

Ranveer Singh has been spending most of his lockdown life hunkered down at home with wifey Deepika Padukone. Now, the 'Gully Boy' actor shared a super cute picture featuring him as Mifune from 1961 ...