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Toshirô Mifune

from A Place by The HeartSleeves

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In our second Demo off the new album we pay homage to the true father of action film grit, the man who Clint Eastwood fashioned his whole career on, the toughest, coolest anti-hero of all time, Akira Kurosawa's leading man, Toshirō Mifune!

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Toshirō Mifune

A man came west from old Nippon
I saw him kill in Rashomon
He played Macbeth in Throne of Blood
Yojimbo fighting in the mud

The Anti-hero was born within
Eastwood took his marks from him
A Samurai so tough and mean
Like Bogart mixed with Wolverine

Toshirō Mifune
Toshirō Mifune
Toshirō Mifune
Toshirō Mifune

He cleaned up nice.... The ladies liked
Before Han Solo he was the Han Solo type
He was the first Man with no name
Forget Stallone, Forget John Wayne

His eyes were fury his hands were steel
and yet his passion it could make you feel
No one’s ever taken his place
Sean Connery never had to face

Toshirō Mifune
Toshirō Mifune
Toshirō Mifune
Toshirō Mifune

Ronin,
Shogun,
sword was fine don’t need a gun

Drunken Angel
Stray Dog
Film Noir badass dialogue

Actor
master artisan
Akira’s pick
his leading man

50 years may fly on by
He’s still the Seventh Samurai!!!

Toshirō Mifune
Toshirō Mifune
Toshirō Mifune
Toshirō Mifune

Toshirō Mifune
Toshirō Mifune
Toshirō Mifune
Toshirō Mifune

Lyrics Reprinted by Permission.
©2013 The Heartsleeves™, All Rights Reserved

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from A Place, released October 12, 2013
by Jared Lucas Nathanson and David Scott Lewis

Jared Lucas Nathanson - Vocals
Heather McCormack - Vocals
Mark Yanowitz - Bass
David Lewis- Guitar
Brandon Bergman - Drums
Jim DiNardo - Percussion
Joshua Troderman - Keys

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The Heartsleeves Boston, Massachusetts

Neo Eclectic, Soul Reflected, Sounds From Real Life!

Born in the glory and pageant of the noble working cities of Boise, Cleveland, Schenectady, Boston and Syracuse, "The Heartsleeves" is the voice of the no frills sincerity of real world American life.

We write our songs live, and refine them into a melancholy powder of sweet painful regret and sprinkle it on hearty soul pop.
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