

Sanjuro
1962 · Movie · 1h 36m · NR
DramaActionComedy
"You cut well, but the best sword stays in its sheath!"
Overview
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.
Ratings
IMDb
8/10
Rotten Tomatoes
100%
Metacritic
83/100
Key crew
- Akira KurosawaScreenplay
- Masaru SatōOriginal Music Composer
- Akira KurosawaDirector
- Ryuzo KikushimaScreenplay
- Hideo OguniScreenplay
Cast
- Toshirō MifuneSanjûrô Tsubaki / The ronin
- Tatsuya NakadaiHanbei Muroto
- Keiju KobayashiThe Spy
- Yūzō KayamaIori Izaka
- Reiko DanChidori, Mutsuta's daughter
- Takashi ShimuraKurofuji
- Kamatari FujiwaraTakebayashi
- Takako IrieMutsuta's wife
- Masao ShimizuKikui
- Yūnosuke ItōMutsuta, the Chamberlain
- Akira KuboSamurai
- Hiroshi TachikawaSamurai
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Themes
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