Mifune: The Last Samurai, also known as Mifune, is a 2015 biographical documentary directed and co-written by Steven Okazaki. It chronicles the life of Toshiro Mifune, a Japanese actor and international star most noted for playing samurai characters in films by Akira Kurosawa.^[1]

• Toshiro Mifune (archival footage) as himself
• Akira Kurosawa (archival footage) as himself
• Kyōko Kagawa as herself
• Yoko Tsukasa as herself
• Yoshio Tsuchiya as himself
• Takeshi Kato as himself
• Kaoru Yachigusa as herself
• Yosuke Natsuki as himself
• Terumi Niki as herself
• Steven Spielberg as himself
• Martin Scorsese as himself
• Shiro Mifune as himself
• Hisao Kurosawa as himself
• Teruyo Nogami as herself
• Tadao Sato as himself
• Sadao Nakajima as himself
• Haruo Nakajima as himself
• Kanzo Uni as himself
• Wataru Akashi as himself
• Kōji Yakusho as himself
• Keanu Reeves as narrator

Mifune was produced by Toshiaki Nakazawa, known for producing 13 Assassins and Sukiyaki Western Django.^[2]

Mifune is inspired by the book Samurai: Hyōden Mifune Toshirō (Samurai: A Biography of Mifune Toshirō) by Matsuda Michiko.^[1][3]

Mifune officially opened on November 25, 2016 at the IFC Center in New York City, over a year after its premiere at the Venice Film Festival in September 2015.^[4][2]

Its opening coincided with Toshiro Mifune being honored with a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame—the ceremony also featured a screening of the film.^[5]

On April 25, 2017, Netflix began streaming Mifune in the United States on the same day as its DVD release.^[6]

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 82% based on 34 reviews, with an average rating of 6.5/10.^[7]

On Metacritic, the film has a score of 64 out of 100, based on 14 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".^[8]

Venice Film Festival (2015)

• Nominated – Best Documentary on Cinema – Steven Okazaki

Hawaii International Film Festival (2016)

• Nominated – Documentary Feature – Steven Okazaki

Denver International Film Festival (2016)

• Nominated – Best Documentary – Steven Okazaki

• Mifune: The Last Samurai at IMDb