1962
7.9 (638 votes)
1h 36m
Genres
Drama
Action
Comedy
Production Companies
TOHO
Sanjuro (椿三十郎)
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.
Key Crew
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Screenplay: Ryūzō Kikushima, Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni
Director of Photography: Fukuzo Koizumi, Takao Saitō
Producer: Tomoyuki Tanaka, Ryūzō Kikushima
Top Cast
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
Videos
Sanjuro (1962) Original Trailer [4K]
