PART OF A LINCOLN FILM SERIES: KUROSAWA / MIFUNE
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Join us at the Lincoln Theatre for our film series Kurosawa / Mifune.
In the 1950s and '60s, director Akira Kurosawa and actor Toshirô Mifune were an unstoppable team, creating 16 films together that form the bedrock of modern Japanese cinema.
Kurosawa once said, "All the films that I made with Mifune, without him, they would not exist," while Mifune himself claimed, "I have never as an actor done anything that I am proud of other than with him."
Come see for yourself what Kurosawa and Mifune were so proud of -- here are four films that rank among the greatest ever made, inspiring countless filmmakers for decades to come.
August 13: Throne of Blood
In Kurosawa's resetting of William Shakespeare's Macbeth, samurai warriors Washizu (Mifune) and Miki (Minoru Chiaki) are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the spirit's prophecy comes true, Washizu's scheming wife, Asaji (Isuzu Yamada), presses him to speed up the rest of the spirit's prophecy by murdering his lord and usurping his place at Spider's Web Castle.
"In Throne of Blood I utilized the Japanese style of painting known as Mushare (warrior painting) in my overall design, and I borrowed forms from Japanese Noh drama in staging the dramatic elements of the film. My aim was to transform Shakespeare into pure Japanese by borrowing freely from Japanese art forms." —Akira Kurosawa, Cinema Magazine
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Starring Toshirô Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Minoru Chiaki
Japan | Japanese | 1957 | Drama | 110 minutes | NR
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General: $11.00
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Children 12 and under: $8.50
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