Sanjuro
641 reviews
Drama/Action
1h 36m
1962
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...
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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.
- DirectorAkira Kurosawa
- Release1 January 1962
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- Duration1h 36m
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- Rate641 reviews
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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

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

Yutaka Sada
Murota samurai

Gen Shimizu

Shin Ōtomo

Shōichi Hirose

Fuminori Ōhashi
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