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A Balasaur Score of 87 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 8.2/10, Rotten Tomatoes 96%, Metacritic 93/100. The highest scoring of the 2 titles in its series. Streaming on Max.
Synopsis
A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin convinces both silk merchant Tazaemon and sake merchant Tokuemon to hire him as a personal bodyguard, then artfully sets in motion a full-scale gang war between the two ambitious and unscrupulous men.
Ratings
IMDb8.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes96%
Metacritic93/100
1,745 audience votes
Key crew
- Akira KurosawaDirector
- Akira KurosawaScreenplay
- Ryuzo KikushimaScreenplay
- Masaru SatōOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Toshirō MifuneSanjuro Kuwabatake / The Samurai
- Tatsuya NakadaiUnosuke, gunfighter
- Yōko TsukasaNui
- Isuzu YamadaOrin
- Daisuke KatōInokichi
- Seizaburō KawazuSeibê - brothel operator
- Takashi ShimuraTokuemon, sake brewer
- Hiroshi TachikawaYoichiro
- Yōsuke NatsukiKohei's Son
- Eijirō TōnoGonji, Tavern Keeper
- Kamatari FujiwaraTazaemon
- Ikio SawamuraHansuke
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Themes
japansamuraiswordplaygamblingswordbodyguardblack and whitefightingperiod dramafamilyintrigueronin
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