What is the relation between Mifune's Last Song and Toshio Mifune?

First of all, it's been quite a while since I've seen the movie.

Toshirô Mifune plays one of the main character in the movie Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai) as you know. That movie is Søren Kragh-Jacobsen's, the director of Mifune, favourite movie, and also the favourite movie of Rud (one of the characters). I think he chose to call the movie Mifune, because Rud acts like him in his playful imaginary universe, and to pay tribute to Akira Kurosawa.

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When they were young kids, Rud's sudden convulsions and shrieks (caused by Down Syndrome) would only find solace when joyfully confronted by "Toshiro Mifune", a childhood icon for both Rud and Kresten performed by the loving older brother, who would sing and dance to a war anthem while swaying his katana in front of him. As for most Down kids, this created an indelible print in Rud's mind.

And you're not planning to see this movie... gee, ignorance is bliss. Here's one Kurosawa quote which might be enlightening, and which much applies to the job seen in Mifunes Sydste Sang:

"The characters in my films try to live honestly and make the most of the lives they've been given. I believe you must live honestly and develop your abilities to the full. People who do this are the real heros."

Bless you.

also in seven samarai mifune's character came from a poor village, but went to the "big city" to live the life of a samarai. In other words he was faking where he came from. Then he joins the six other samarai and returns to a poor village to help protect it. There, Mifune is found out that he is a samarai imposter.

In "Mifune", the main character is also from a small village, Lolland. He too goes to the city to pretend he is, for lack of a better word, a yuppie. He returns to Lolland to take care of his father's funeral and his brother. There, he like Mifune's character, is found to be a yuppie imposter.

there you go.

I once read an article that Mr. Mifune saw this film at a festival, shortly before he died, and thought it was an amusing tribute.. but as he died in 1997, I wonder if it could have been true?

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