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Sanjuro

Sanjuro

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

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.

DramaActionComedy

Release: 1962-01-01Runtime: 96 minRating: 7.951 (709)

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

Crew

Akira Kurosawa

Akira Kurosawa

Director

Akira Kurosawa

Akira Kurosawa

Screenplay

Ryuzo Kikushima

Ryuzo Kikushima

Screenplay

Shūgorō Yamamoto

Shūgorō Yamamoto

Novel

Masaru Satō

Masaru Satō

Original Music Composer

Fukuzo Koizumi

Director of Photography

Takao Saitō

Director of Photography

Akira Kurosawa

Akira Kurosawa

Editor

Hideo Oguni

Screenplay

Shoji Jinbo

Set Decoration

Clips & Videos

Sanjuro (1962) Original Trailer [4K]

Sanjuro (1962) Original Trailer [4K]

Tatsuya Nakadai on Shooting SANJURO

Tatsuya Nakadai on Shooting SANJURO

Tatsuya Nakadai on SANJURO

Tatsuya Nakadai on SANJURO

SANJURO Trailer (1962) - The Criterion Collection

SANJURO Trailer (1962) - The Criterion Collection