interviewees
WATARU AKASHI
KYOKO KAGAWA
TAKESHI KATO
HISAO KUROSAWA
SHIRO MIFUNE
HARUO NAKAJIMA
SADAO NAKAJIMA
YOSUKE NATSUKI
TERUMI NIKI
TERUYO NOGAMI
TADAO SATO
MARTIN SCORSESE
STEVEN SPIELBERG
YOSHIO TSUCHIYA
YOKO TSUKASA
KANZO UNI
KAORU YACHIGUSA
KOJI YAKUSHO

narrated by
KEANU REEVES

directed & edited by
STEVEN OKAZAKI

produced by
TOSHIAKI NAKAZAWA
TOICHIRO SHIRAISHI

producers
KENSUKE ZUSHI
YUKIE KITO
STEVEN OKAZAKI
TARO GOTO

executive producers
NOBUYUKI TOHYA
ISAO KAWAUCHI
TAKESHI HOSHINO

consulting producer
RIKIYA MIFUNE

written by
STEVEN OKAZAKI
STUART GALBRAITH IV

directors of photography
TOHRU HINA
YASUYUKI ISHIKAWA

music by
JEFFREY WOOD

C.A.L. production managers
KOJI SUZUKI
YAYOI ICHIKAWA
NORIAKI INOUE
FUEMI TAKAMURA
MASAKI ISHIBE

sound
TSUYOSHI ABO

gaffer
KATSUHIRO NEDACHI

technical manager
TAKAOMI SAITO

technical producer
KEI-ICHI SHIOHARA

technical production coordination
DEEP Co., Ltd.

chanbara stuntmen
EIJI KAMADA
KOUSEI ENDOH
MASAYOSHI DEGUCHI
KOICHI FUNAYAMA
YOSHIYUKI MASUJIMA

hair & make-up artists
AYANO IWANE
AKIKO TSUSHIMA
MITSUMASA SAWADA

props by
TAKATSU CO, LTD
KATUSHIRO YAMAGUCHI
GOH TERASAKI

post-production coordinator
& assistant editor
GREG KNOWLES

archival research
& licensing coordinator
BRANDON REIN

researchers
ALLISON NAKAMURA
MARK GORNEY

LA & NYC UNITS
directors of photography
GUY MOSSMAN
ERIC LIN

assistant camera
JOSE ELEMENT
MARCOS HERRERA

lighting
KEITH JEFFERIES

sound recordist
KYLE PORTER

production assistant
RYAN TILLMAN

transcriber
HEATHER J. LARSEN

digital intermediate
COLOR A GO-GO

DI colorist
KENT PRITCHETT

DI conform artist
GEOFFREY ORTHWEIN

on-line editor
LOREN SORENSEN

DI post producer
KIM SAYLER

audio post-production
FANTASY FILM CENTER

sound editor & mixer
DANIEL OLMSTED

assistant mix engineer
ALBERTO HERNANDEZ

narration recording
THE VILLAGE

engineer
JOEY VITAS

transcription & translation
JVTA Los Angeles

coordinator
AYANO FUJITA

transcribers & translators
MAKIKO CARLSON
MIKKA CHEN
TAKAKO CHIDA
RITSUKO GANDY
TAKAYA HIRAI
AYA ISHIHARA
HIROKO ISHIZUKA
JULIANNE LONG
YUKA McLEOD
NORIKO MORISAKI
MARIKO NAKAGAWA
HIROKO NOZOE
AKIKO SAKAMOTO
AYAKA SAKATANI
MAKI SHIMA
NAOMI SOEN
YAYOI SUGISAKI
HIROMI TAKAHASHI
AKIKO TSUCHIYA
MARI UEDA
NAHOKA YOSHIDA

interview locations
EDO-TOKYO OPEN-AIR
ARCHITECTURAL MUSEUM
Shoko Wakabayashi

NATIONAL FILM CENTER

SETAGAYA ART MUSEUM
Susumu Yano

KUROSAWA FILM STUDIO

SHINAGAWA HISTORICAL MUSEUM

TOHO STUDIOS

invaluable research & assistance
NATIONAL FILM CENTER,
THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF
MODERN ART, TOKYO
Akira Tochigi
Hidenori Okada
Mask Daibo
Mariko Tazawa

8mm film courtesy of
TADASHI FURUYAMA, J.S.C.

archival film
NHK
NATIONAL ARCHIVES, USA

advisors
JOHN PIERSON
TOM GORAI
DAVIA NELSON
GAETANO KAZUO MAIDA
PHILIP KAN GOTANDA
SPENCER NAKASAKO
RICK TEJADA-FLORES
DENNIS HAYASHI

digital masters courtesy of
THE CRITERION COLLECTION
Peter Becker
Fumiko Takagi

WAKO COMPANY, LTD.
Hisaaki Tai
Hiroyuki Takahashi

taiko written & performed by
SOMEI YOSHINO TAIKO ENSEMBLE
ELLEN REIKO BEPP
BRUCE "MUI" GHENT
HIROYUKI JIMI NAKAGAWA
KALLAN YOICHI NISHIMOTO

additional music performed by
JUEHAN YE
erhu

KALLAN YOICHI NISHIMOTO
percussion

DAWN RICHARDSON
percussion

BRENDAN DREAPER
drums

VAN-ANH VO
dan tranh

music recorded at
FANTASY STUDIOS
Berkeley, California

produced by
Jeffrey Wood

engineers
ADAM MUNOZ
JESSE NICHOLS
ROBERT KIRBY

songs

"Infra 4"
composed by MAX RICHTER
performed by Louisa Fuller, Natalia Bonner,
Nick Barr, Ian Burdge, Chris Worsey
Courtesy of Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg
under license from Universal Music Enterprises

"Rockabilly Kenpoh"
performed by HIBARI MISORA
music & lyrics by MASAO YONEYAMA
courtesy of Columbia Songs, Inc.

"Kiso Bushi"
performed by KING SALON ORCHESTRA
arranged by KOICHI SUGII
courtesy of King Record Co., Ltd.

"Sado Okesa"
performed by KING SALON ORCHESTRA
arranged by KOICHI SUGII
courtesy of King Record Co., Ltd.

motion picture clips
SEVEN SAMURAI
SAMURAI I - Musashi Miyamoto
SAMUARI II - Duel at Ichijoji Temple
SAMUARI III - Duel at Ganryu Island
THRONE OF BLOOD
YOJIMBO
RED BEARD

used with permission from
TOHO CO., LTD.

RASHOMON
courtesy of Kadokawa Corporation

KOYA NO SURONIN
courtesy of Mifune Productions, Ltd.

CHOKON
courtesy of the National Film Center
with permission from Nikkatsu Corporation

KURAMA TENGU
GYAKURYU
OROCHI
THE IDLE VASSAL:
ENTER THE PILE OF TREASURE
courtesy of Matsuda Film Productions

CHUSHINGURA
GORO MASAMUNE KOSHI-DEN
JIRAIYA THE HERO
FUUNJO-SHI
courtesy of the
National Film Center

still photographs courtesy of
MIFUNE PRODUCTIONS
KUROSAWA PRODUCTION
OYA SOICHI LIBRARY
PHOTO IGARASHI
MARUBELL COMPANY

additional stills from
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL (1944)
SNOW TRAIL (1947)
DRUNKEN ANGEL (1948)
STRAY DOG (1949)
YAGYU CONFIDENTIAL (1957)
THE LOWER DEPTHS (1957)
THE HIDDEN FORTRESS (1958)
RICKSHAW MAN (1958)
SAMURAI SAGA (1959)
THE THREE TREASURES (1959)
SALARYMAN CHUSHINGURA (1960)
STORM OVER THE PACIFIC (1960)
THE BAD SLEEP WELL (1960)
DAREDEVIL IN THE CASTLE (1961)
SANJURO (1962)
HIGH AND LOW (1963)
MOTHRA VS. GODZILLA (1964)
SAMURAI ASSASSIN (1965)
JAPAN'S LONGEST DAY (1967)
SAMURAI BANNERS (1969)
ZATOICHI MEETS YOJIMBO (1970)
© TOHO CO., LTD.

inspired by
"SAMURAI HYODEN: MIFUNE TOSHIRO"
by MICHIKO MATSUDA

published by
Bungei Shunju

international sales
CELLULOID DREAMS

legal affairs
TETSUYA TSUJI

subsidized by
J-LOP

special thanks
PEGGY ORENSTEIN
DAISY OKAZAKI
RIKKI NINOMIYA
MIHOKO IIDA
AMBLIN ENTERTAINMENT
MARVIN LEVY
MARY HULETTE
CLAY LERNER
SIKELIA PRODUCTIONS
VICTORIA LUCAI
ALEXIS GIUSFREDI
ERIKO MIYAGAWA
JAMES MOLL
YUKIO IGAMI
FUMIAKI ITAKURA
KIKUMI YAMAGISHI
TOM LUDDY
RICHARD WRIGHT
DONALD T. HATA
NANCY & JIM RUSSELL
ZAENTZ MEDIA CENTER

a production of
CREATIVE ASSOCIATES, Ltd.
FARALLON FILMS

with support from
MIFUNE PRODUCTIONS CO, Ltd.
Shiro Mifune
Akemi Mifune

KUROSAWA PRODUCTION CO.
Hisao Kurosawa

FIELD-R LAW OFFICES
FILOSOPHIA, INC

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