Hi, this is Steve. Every once in a while there is a collaboration between director and actor that is so iconic and groundbreaking that it leaves an indelible mark on the history of film.

We've already talked about two such collaborations on the Cinephiles,

Deneiro and Scorsese and John Wayne and John Ford. This week's pairing is no less powerful.

Director Acura Corrosseau first saw Tashiro Mofuni at an open casting call

and was immediately struck by his raw power and inventiveness.

Their collaboration began with 1948's drunken angel and continued through some of

Coraisawa's most famous films, Rachaman, The Seven Samurai, Throne of Blood, and Hidden Fortress.

Now John and I plan on hitting a bunch of these on the Cinephiles,

but the film we decided to start with shows both men at the top of their game.

In Jimbo, Coraissawa's breathtaking camera work, incredible editing, and flawless storytelling,

combined perfectly with a performance by Mofuni that is as iconic as it is unknowable. But don't take our word for it. We highly recommend that you

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Check it out and join us this Friday for a cura cori sauhaoiella to Shiro Mofuni and

Yo Jimboo Sarasota Shira Mofuni and Yojimbo. I'm going to Hello and welcome once again to the cinnophiles where each week we enter the world of a great film we explore its themes the history of filmmaking and the influence it has on us today. My name is Steve Morris

I'm a filmmaker and directing instructor in Los Angeles, California.

Hello everyone my name is John Roca I'm a voice over artist host of shows here in

LA and occasionally an actor as well and today we get to do it again we get to

introduce a new great director yes one of the great directors the most one of the

most lauded directors of all time finally yeah a cure course hour we have had so many requests to do chorissau films and and I you were just saying well before we got on the mic and I agree I think we picked the right one to start with

Absolutely I think a lot of people you know obviously seven samurai is considered his epic his classic but I think if we're gonna walk into

Kurosawa This is a great one to walk into with and it's short enough to people get a dose and then when we hit samurai, which we will at some point down the road,

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