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Sanjuro( 1962)

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

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Toshirō Mifune

      Sanjûrô Tsubaki / The ronin

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      Tatsuya Nakadai

      Hanbei Muroto

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      Keiju Kobayashi

      The Spy

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      Yūzō Kayama

      Iori Izaka

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      Reiko Dan

      Chidori, Mutsuta's daughter

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      Takashi Shimura

      Kurofuji

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      Kamatari Fujiwara

      Takebayashi

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      Takako Irie

      Mutsuta's wife

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      Masao Shimizu

      Kikui

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      Yūnosuke Itō

      Mutsuta, the Chamberlain

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      Akira Kubo

      Samurai

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      Hiroshi Tachikawa

      Samurai

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      Yoshio Tsuchiya

      Samurai

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      Kunie Tanaka

      Samurai

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      Tatsuyoshi Ehara

      Samurai

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      Akihiko Hirata

      Samurai

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      Toranosuke Ogawa

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      Sachio Sakai

      Samurai

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      Kenzô Matsui

      Samurai

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      Toshiko Higuchi

      Maid Koyso

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      Tatsuhiko Namisato

      Samurai

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      Yutaka Sada

      Murota samurai

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      Gen Shimizu

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      Shin Ōtomo

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      Shōichi Hirose

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      Minoru Itō

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      Kōji Uruki

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      Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi

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      Fuminori Ōhashi

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Aug 14 2023
    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 that requires all of his skills and know-how (of course, they are completely outnumbered). The plot interveaves a story of local politics nicely with a lust for power, and a coming of age for many of the...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • japan
    • samurai
    • corruption
    • temple
    • fighter
    • black and white
    • criterion
    • jidaigeki
    • edo period
    • feudal japan
    • bakumatsu