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Sanjuro

(1962)

January 1, 1962 1h 36m
80%
TMDB Score

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.

Akira Kurosawa

Director

Top Billed Cast

TM

Toshirō Mifune

Sanjûrô Tsubaki / The ronin

TN

Tatsuya Nakadai

Hanbei Muroto

KK

Keiju Kobayashi

The Spy

YK

Yūzō Kayama

Iori Izaka

RD

Reiko Dan

Chidori, Mutsuta's daughter

TS

Takashi Shimura

Kurofuji

KF

Kamatari Fujiwara

Takebayashi

TI

Takako Irie

Mutsuta's wife

MS

Masao Shimizu

Kikui

YI

Yūnosuke Itō

Mutsuta, the Chamberlain

Official Trailer