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Sanjuro

NR
Movie
1962
1h 36m
Japanese
Drama, Action, Comedy
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.
Rating
WATCHMODE
8.2
IMDB
Sanjuro (1962) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
95

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Toshir Mifune
Sanjûrô Tsubaki / The ronin
Tatsuya Nakadai
Hanbei Muroto
Yz Kayama
Iori Izaka
Reiko Dan
Chidori, Mutsuta's daughter
Takako Irie
Mutsuta's wife
Ynosuke It
Mutsuta, the Chamberlain
Akira Kubo
Samurai
Toshiko Higuchi
Maid Koyso
Yutaka Sada
Murota samurai
Directed By: Akira Kurosawa
Written By: Akira Kurosawa (Screenplay), Hideo Oguni (Screenplay), + 2 more

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The_Argentinian says...
3 years ago
The story is too convoluted and hard to follow. Must be watched more than once.
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Maarten Delfgou says...
3 years ago
The original title of the film is Tsubaki Sanjûrô.
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Featured User Reviews

CinemaSerf
one year ago
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 kil More
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