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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Mifune |
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A 1999 Danish entry from Soren Kragh-Jacobsen in the Dogma series (film straight in real time, no special effects, all natural lighting, etc.) "Mifune" is a reasonably successful modern screwball comedy. Kresten, a newly-married Copenhagen yuppie, returns to the small rural farm of his childhood to dispose of it and see about the care of his mentally disabled grownup brother after the death of their father. He advertises for a housekeeper and hires Liva, a prostitute who has fled the city with her little brother, for whose school tuition she has been trying to raise money. The odd title refers to a game the adult brothers play in which Kresten pretends to be a boisterous samurai modeled, of course, on one of their favorite actors. There are mixups, sexual encounters, and some violence, but all comes out well in the end. Worthy of note: cool, sexy Iben Hjelje, who plays Liva, would appear as John Cusack's love interest Laura in "High Fidelity" the following year.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Mifune |
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Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- seduction (yum!)
- inconveniently married while playing footsy
Family, caring for sick?
Yes
Who is sick?
- Brother
because he/she is
- mentally ill
Family, loving
Yes
Special relationship with
- brother
Inner struggle or disability
Yes
How much story is philosophy rather than plot?
- 2 (a little)
Brain/Body not working?
- physical disability
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- unemployed
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
- caring
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Unclothed?
- buttocks and chest
How much in movie?
- 40%
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Scandinavia
City?
Yes
City:
- wealthy
Farm/Ranch?
Yes
Farm/Ranch:
- farm
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- encouraged
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- seeing breasts
- seeing nude female butt
- seeing nude male butt
- sex under blankets
Non-American film?
Yes
Subtitles?
- Yes
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
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