# Akira Kurosawa and Toshiro Mifune at the AFI

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 9, 2002, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/akira-kurosawa-and-toshiro-mifune-at-the-afi/123146 "2002-08-09T14:15:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2002, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/akira-kurosawa-and-toshiro-mifune-at-the-afi/123146/21 "2002-08-19T06:10:47Z")

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_High and Low_ was based on one of Ed McBain’s 87th Precinct novels.  
IIRC, _Ransom_ was a remake of a 50s movie which was a remake of a British TV movie.

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**Author:** ![litost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@litost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/litost)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2002, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/akira-kurosawa-and-toshiro-mifune-at-the-afi/123146/22 "2002-08-19T07:46:35Z")

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**Sofa King** ,  
That appears to be an unusual role for Mifune. Even in a contemporary role in “High and Low”, he maintained his rugged screen persona. I’d be interested to see how he portrays a tender, broken down character. (Too bad I live in the middle of corn fields)

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