Drama ·Action ·Comedy · Japan · 1962 · 1h 36m

Sanjuro

椿三十郎

Sanjuro poster
Director
Akira Kurosawa
Cast
Toshirō Mifune as Sanjûrô Tsubaki / The ronin Tatsuya Nakadai as Hanbei Muroto Keiju Kobayashi as The Spy Yūzō Kayama as Iori Izaka Reiko Dan as Chidori, Mutsuta's daughter Takashi Shimura as Kurofuji
Crew
Fukuzo Koizumi — Director of Photography Takao Saitō — Director of Photography Akira Kurosawa — Editor Masaru Satō — Original Music Composer Ryuzo Kikushima — Screenplay Akira Kurosawa — Screenplay
Tagline

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

Synopsis

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.

Trailer Sanjuro — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
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Key Collaborators
Akira Kurosawa Director Fukuzo Koizumi Director of Photography Takao Saitō Director of Photography Akira Kurosawa Editor Masaru Satō Original Music Composer Ryuzo Kikushima Screenplay Akira Kurosawa Screenplay Hideo Oguni Screenplay Shūgorō Yamamoto Novel Tomoyuki Tanaka Producer Ryuzo Kikushima Producer Yoshirō Muraki Production Design
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