-- Kurosawa on first seeing the actor Toshiro Mifune KWAIDAN -- Masaki Kobayashi -LRB- Japan , 1965 -RRB- , Oct. 22 , 7:15 p.m. ; Oct. 23 , 1 p.m. '' My main intention in the film was to explore the juxtaposition between man 's material nature and his spiritual nature , the realm of dream and aspiration . ''