Sanjuro (1962)
Sanjuro (1962)
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Plot.
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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Currently Sanjuro is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Apple TV, Criterion Channel, Amazon Video, Fandango At Home
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Cast & Crew.

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

Akihiko Hirata
Samurai

Sachio Sakai
Samurai

Kenzô Matsui
Samurai

Toshiko Higuchi
Maid Koyso

Tatsuhiko Namisato
Samurai

Yutaka Sada
Murota samurai

Shūgorō Yamamoto
Novel

Akira Kurosawa
Screenplay / Director / Editor

Fukuzo Koizumi
Director of Photography

Takao Saitō
Director of Photography

Masaru Satō
Original Music Composer

Ryūzō Kikushima
Screenplay / Producer

Hideo Oguni
Screenplay

Masanobu Deme
Assistant Director

Yoshirō Muraki
Production Design

Shoji Jinbo
Set Decoration

Teruyo Nogami
Script Supervisor
Media.









Details.
Release DateJanuary 1, 1962
Original Name椿三十郎
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 36m
Content RatingNR
Filming LocationsJapan
Genres
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black and white
japan
corruption
samurai
temple
fighter
feudal japan
jidai geki
criterion
edo period
bakumatsu
Wiki.
Sanjuro (Japanese: 椿三十郎, Hepburn: Tsubaki Sanjūrō) is a 1962 Japanese jidaigeki film directed, co-written and edited by Akira Kurosawa, starring Toshiro Mifune. It is a sequel to Kurosawa's 1961 Yojimbo.
Originally an adaptation of the Shūgorō Yamamoto novel Hibi Heian, the script was altered following the success of the previous year's Yojimbo to incorporate the lead character of that film.
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