"An account of the life and work of legendary Japanese actor Toshirō Mifune (1920-97), the most prominent actor of the Golden Age of Japanese cinema."
Keanu Reeves
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Kyōko Kagawa
as Self - Actress
Yōko Tsukasa
Yoshio Tsuchiya
as Self - Actor
Takeshi Katō
Kaoru Yachigusa
Yōsuke Natsuki
Terumi Niki
Steven Spielberg
as Self - Filmmaker
Martin Scorsese
Shirō Mifune
as Self - Mifune's Eldest Son
Hisao Kurosawa
as Self - Kurosawa's Eldest Son
Teruyo Nogami
as Self - Script Supervisor
Tadao Sato
as Self - Film Historian
Sadao Nakajima
Haruo Nakajima
Kanzō Uni
as Self - Sword Fighting Choreographer
Wataru Akashi
as Self - Publicist
Koji Yakusho
Toshirō Mifune
as Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
Emperor Hirohito of Japan
as Self (archive footage)
Jeffrey Wood
Original Music Composer
Tohru Hina
Director of Photography
Yasuyuki Ishikawa
Mark Gorney
Researcher
Guy Mossman
Akiko Tsushima
Hairstylist
Mitsumasa Sawada
Allison Nakamura
Eric Lin
Makeup Artist
Ayano Iwane
Daniel Olmsted
Sound Mixer
Katsuhiro Hidachi
Gaffer
Tsuyoshi Abo
Sound
Kyle Porter
Sound Recordist
Greg Knowles
Post Production Coordinator
Brandon Rein
Archival Footage Research
Tōichirō Shiraishi
Producer
Michiko Matsuda
Book
Sound Editor
Assistant Editor
Isao Kawauchi
Executive Producer
Steven Okazaki
Director
Toshiaki Nakazawa
Writer
Takeshi Hoshino
Editor
Kensuke Zushi
Stuart Galbraith IV
Tarō Gotō
Yukie Kito
Rikiya Mifune
Consulting Producer
Nobuyuki Tohya