# TCM - Toshiro Mifune Star of the Day

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tcm-toshiro-mifune-star-of-the-day/630974>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 9, 2012, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tcm-toshiro-mifune-star-of-the-day/630974 "2012-08-09T16:36:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tcm-toshiro-mifune-star-of-the-day/630974/1 "2012-08-09T16:36:44Z")

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All day, Japanese Samurai movies on TCM, a tribute to Toshiro Mifune. This morning I caught part of Rashomon! I’m not at all in the demographic, but I find this stuff mesmerizing, so if you do, too - TCM all day and into the night.

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**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tcm-toshiro-mifune-star-of-the-day/630974/2 "2012-08-09T17:05:22Z")

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I noticed it, and set the DVR to record _The Seven Samurais_ so that I can watch it for the 907th time. Good stuff.

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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tcm-toshiro-mifune-star-of-the-day/630974/3 "2012-08-09T17:15:31Z")

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Damn! I don’t get TCM.

Are they only running Akira Kurasawa movies, or do they have works from other directors? He played Admiral Yamamoto in _Tora!Tora!Tora!_, Toranaga in \*Shogun, and the samurai Jubei in the weird western _Red Sun_.

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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tcm-toshiro-mifune-star-of-the-day/630974/4 "2012-08-09T17:19:22Z")

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Thanks for the head’s up. [I’ll](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=389023) be tuning in.

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**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tcm-toshiro-mifune-star-of-the-day/630974/5 "2012-08-09T17:34:39Z")

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Damned Olympics!

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**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tcm-toshiro-mifune-star-of-the-day/630974/6 "2012-08-09T21:27:24Z")

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What’s that movie that’s on right now, that is set in a hospital for poor people? I came in as the credits were rolling, and missed the title.

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**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tcm-toshiro-mifune-star-of-the-day/630974/7 "2012-08-09T22:38:33Z")

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There’s a “demographic” for _Rashōmon_?