Tuesday, December 27, 2016

Screen Legend : Toshiro Mifune

Here's a quick piece depicting screen legend and longtime acting muse to the distinguished Akira Kurosawa, Toshiro Mifune.  The star of two of my favorite movies ever, "Yojimbo" & "High & Low", the great also famously turned down the role of Obi Wan Kenobi in "Star Wars", a character developed as an homage to his portrayal of General Makabe Rokurōta in Kurosawa's  "The Hidden Fortress"...
  
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