Toshiro Mifune's 100th birthday special and eight films, including his debut, were released

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From March 27 to April 9, The Shinjuku Musashinokan and Shinjuku Cinema Qualite in Tokyo held a special screening to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of actor Toshiro Mifune, "known as the centenary of the birth of Toshiro Mifune, who is known as the 'Three Boats of the World'"

At the Shinjuku MusashinoKan, which will celebrate its 100th anniversary in June 2020, a special edition program to consolidate each month's theme is underway. Featuring Mifune's debut work and action film Top of the Silver Ridge, Musashinokan will release the light comedy "Tokyo Lovers" co-starring Mifune and Setsuko Hara, and the short story collection "Blow It!" featuring funny things that happened between the taxi driver and passengers played by Mifune. Spring Breeze", "Miyamoto Musashi", which won the 28th Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and other works.

As well as "The Life of the Invincible" that won the Golden Lion Award at the 19th Venice International Film Festival, "The Life of Sword Ho", which adapted the French drama "Sihano de Bergerac" into a period drama, the action film "Showdown on Dark Street" that attracted attention duel between Mifune and Koji Tsuruta, and "Commander Yamamoto Fifty-Six", which shaped yamamoto's fifty-six image through the Pacific War attack on Pearl Harbor and the Battle of Midway, a total of eight works will be released on the big screen in 35 mm film format.

Known as the "three ships of the world", the centenary of the birth of Toshiro Mifune

March 27 (Fri) – April 9 (Thu), 2020

Shinjuku Musashinokan, Shinjuku cinema qualite

Screenings:

The Life of Unable to Loosen (1958)

Commander of the Combined Fleet, Isoroku Yamamoto

Showdown on Dark Street

Top of the Silver Ridge

Tokyo Lovers

"The Life of Jianhao"

Miyamoto Musashi (1954)

Blow it! Spring Breeze》