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Sanjuro

Sanjuro

You cut well, but the best sword stays in its sheath!

19628.01h 36m

Overview

Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa's tightly paced, beautifully composed "Sanjuro." In this companion piece and sequel to "Yojimbo," jaded samurai Sanjuro helps an idealistic group of young warriors weed out their clan's evil influences, and in the process turns their image of a proper samurai on its ear.

Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Written by Shūgorō Yamamoto, Akira Kurosawa, Ryuzo Kikushima
Produced by Ryuzo Kikushima, Tomoyuki Tanaka
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Top Cast

Toshirō Mifune

Toshirō Mifune

Sanjûrô Tsubaki / The ronin

Tatsuya Nakadai

Tatsuya Nakadai

Hanbei Muroto

Keiju Kobayashi

Keiju Kobayashi

The Spy

Yūzō Kayama

Yūzō Kayama

Iori Izaka

Reiko Dan

Reiko Dan

Chidori, Mutsuta's daughter

Takashi Shimura

Takashi Shimura

Kurofuji

Kamatari Fujiwara

Kamatari Fujiwara

Takebayashi

Takako Irie

Takako Irie

Mutsuta's wife

Masao Shimizu

Masao Shimizu

Kikui

Yūnosuke Itō

Yūnosuke Itō

Mutsuta, the Chamberlain

Themes & Keywords

japansamuraicorruptiontemplefighterblack and whitejidaigekiedo periodfeudal japanbakumatsu

About Sanjuro

Sanjuro is a drama, action, comedy film released in 1962 exploring themes of japan, samurai, corruption, temple, fighter, black and white. Directed by Akira Kurosawa, it stars Toshirō Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Keiju Kobayashi. Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa's tightly paced, beautifully composed "Sanjuro." In this companion piece and sequel to "Yojimbo," jaded samurai Sanjuro helps an idealistic group of young warriors weed out their clan's evil influences, and in the process turns their image of a proper samurai on its ear.

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