Sanjuro
椿三十郎
"You cut well, but the best sword stays in its sheath!"
DramaActionComedy
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.
🎬 DirectorAkira Kurosawa
📅 Release1962-01-01
🌍 CountryJapan
🗣 LanguageJapanese
🏢 StudioTOHO
🗳 Votes702
🔥 Popularity1
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🎭 Cast
Toshirō Mifune
Sanjûrô Tsubaki / The ronin
Tatsuya Nakadai
Hanbei Muroto
Keiju Kobayashi
The Spy
Yūzō Kayama
Iori Izaka
Reiko Dan
Chidori, Mutsuta's daughter
Takashi Shimura
Kurofuji
Kamatari Fujiwara
Takebayashi
Takako Irie
Mutsuta's wife
Masao Shimizu
Kikui
Yūnosuke Itō
Mutsuta, the Chamberlain
Akira Kubo
Samurai
Hiroshi Tachikawa
Samurai
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Samurai
Kunie Tanaka
Samurai
Tatsuyoshi Ehara
Samurai
🎥 Crew
DirectorAkira Kurosawa
ScreenplayRyuzo Kikushima
Director of PhotographyFukuzo Koizumi
Director of PhotographyTakao Saitō
ScreenplayAkira Kurosawa
Original Music ComposerMasaru Satō
NovelShūgorō Yamamoto
EditorAkira Kurosawa
ScreenplayHideo Oguni
Production DesignYoshirō Muraki
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🏷 Keywords
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💬 Reviews
This is a superb adventure story with Toshirô Mifune reprising his role from "Yojimbo" as the wandering samurai warrior. This time he arrives in a village facing some local corruption. The "Chamberlain" has been framed by the superintendent of a clan, who tries to secure his tenuous position by killing off any detractors. "Sanjûrô" decides to help protect them, and is soon drawn into the battle…
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