Mifune Tribute

[sanjuro_ronin]

Toshiro Mifune.

The Best.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjK0IsJSNW8

[sanjuro_ronin]

You can actually see his real life sword fighting ability in his movies.
The way he drops and follows through with his cuts, the perfect angle of the blade while cutting.
Truly awesome.

[Lucas]

IM WITH YOU!

Mifune is THE MAN!

this image says it all

http://www.dunkirkma.net/inreview/images/mifune.jpg

[sanjuro_ronin]

IM WITH YOU!

Mifune is THE MAN!

this image says it all

http://www.dunkirkma.net/inreview/images/mifune.jpg

That just ****ed him off !

Mifuen carried the role of a swordsman better than anyone, probably because he was one

[Lucas]

Straight up. Nobody else could have pulled of Miyamoto Musashi

Nice avatar btw.

my fave part about that bl scene is how sad he looks after having to crush that fools larynx!

[sanjuro_ronin]

Straight up. Nobody else could have pulled of Miyamoto Musashi

Nice avatar btw.

my fave part about that bl scene is how sad he looks after having to crush that fools larynx!

LOL, well, the Russian had it coming ! sick man of asia indeed !!

As for Mifune, his skill level on the screen was quite good, I can't really think of many that match up to him on the screen.
Master Sugino of the TSKSR ( Katori shinto ryu) was said to have been the choreograher of a few of his movies and Mifune trained with him, though how much is uncertain, I have also hear he had training in the Yagyu shinkage ryu and kendo.

[Lucas]

Something about the old classic samurai flicks that has been totally lost today.

the feeling, the sense of importance and honor...rarely seen in film today as was in the yester years

he was a psycho in seven samurai!

I loved how he never sheathed is blade, just carried the big sucker on his shoulder LOL.

what was he weilding there? a nodachi?

[Lucas]

read this one yet?

http://www.toshiromifune.org/biography/index.html

[GeneChing]

...you just missed this (or maybe you could catch the last showing tonight!):

Castro to Present Kurosawa, Mifune
27 Dec 2007

The relationship between famed director Akira Kurosawa and actor Toshiro Mifune was one of the most volatile in cinematic history, and created some of the most memorable, and influential, films of all time.

From Jan. 4 to 9, the Castro Theatre, 429 Castro St. near Market in San Francisco, presents a week of films featuring Mifune in some of Kurosawa’s best-known films, from samurai epics like “Seven Samurai” and “Yojimbo” to noir screen classics like “Stray Dog” and “High and Low.”

“Coppola, Spielberg, Lucas — they all revered him,” Castro publicist Walt von Hauffe said of Kurosawa. “In Japanese cinema, Akira Kurosawa was a combination of the three men. Superstar Toshiro Mifune was equally as mesmerizing to watch as any American movie star of that era.”

All of the films are in Japanese with English subtitles. For more information, call (415) 621-6120 or visit www.castrotheatre.com. Synopses of the films are available on the website.
— Screening Schedule —
Fri., Jan. 4
“Yojimbo” (1961) 7:00 p.m.
"Sanjuro” (1962) 9:05 p.m.
Sat., Jan. 5
“The Seven Samurai” (1954) 12:30, 4:15, 8:00 p.m.
Sun., Jan. 6
“Throne of Blood” (1957) 1:45, 6:30 p.m.
“The Hidden Fortress” (1958) 3:55, 8:40 p.m.
Mon., Jan 7 Theater closed
Tue., Jan. 8
“Ras****n” (1950) 7:00 p.m.
“Stray Dog” (1949) 8:50 p.m.
Wed., Jan. 9
“The Bad Sleep Well” (1960) 1:00, 6:30 p.m.
“High and Low” (1963) 3:50, 9:15 p.m.

I'm proud to say I've seen all of these. They are classics, each and every one.

[sanjuro_ronin]

Something about the old classic samurai flicks that has been totally lost today.

the feeling, the sense of importance and honor...rarely seen in film today as was in the yester years

he was a psycho in seven samurai!

I loved how he never sheathed is blade, just carried the big sucker on his shoulder LOL.

what was he weilding there? a nodachi?

Yes a No-Dachi, basically used to take care of charging horses

[sanjuro_ronin]

...you just missed this (or maybe you could catch the last showing tonight!):

I'm proud to say I've seen all of these. They are classics, each and every one.

I am guilty of having NOT seen Hidden Fortress yet.

[Golden Spider]

~What? No love for Tatsuya Nakadai, or Shintaro Katsu?

[sanjuro_ronin]

~What? No love for Tatsuya Nakadai, or Shintaro Katsu?

Of course, and Tomisabura Wakayama too.

Lone wolf and cub 4ever !