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Sanjuro
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Sanjuro 1962 Directed by Akira Kurosawa 椿三十郎

You cut well, but the best sword stays in its sheath!

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.

Country Japan
Production Country Japan
Language Japanese
Spoken Language Japanese
Gneres Action , Comedy , Drama
Production Company TOHO
Release Date 1 January 1962
96 mins
Cast
Toshirō Mifune
Toshirō Mifune Sanjûrô Tsubaki / The ronin
Tatsuya Nakadai
Tatsuya Nakadai Hanbei Muroto
Keiju Kobayashi
Keiju Kobayashi The Spy
Yūzō Kayama
Yūzō Kayama Iori Izaka
Reiko Dan
Reiko Dan Chidori, Mutsuta's daughter
Takashi Shimura
Takashi Shimura Kurofuji
Kamatari Fujiwara
Kamatari Fujiwara Takebayashi
Takako Irie
Takako Irie Mutsuta's wife
Masao Shimizu
Masao Shimizu Kikui
Yūnosuke Itō
Yūnosuke Itō Mutsuta, the Chamberlain
Akira Kubo
Akira Kubo Samurai
Hiroshi Tachikawa
Hiroshi Tachikawa Samurai
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Yoshio Tsuchiya Samurai
Kunie Tanaka
Kunie Tanaka Samurai
Tatsuyoshi Ehara
Tatsuyoshi Ehara Samurai
Akihiko Hirata
Akihiko Hirata Samurai
Toranosuke Ogawa
Toranosuke Ogawa
Sachio Sakai
Sachio Sakai Samurai
Kenzô Matsui
Kenzô Matsui Samurai
Toshiko Higuchi
Toshiko Higuchi Maid Koyso
Tatsuhiko Namisato
Tatsuhiko Namisato Samurai
Yutaka Sada
Yutaka Sada Murota samurai
Gen Shimizu
Gen Shimizu
Shin Ōtomo
Shin Ōtomo
Shōichi Hirose
Shōichi Hirose
Minoru Itō
Minoru Itō
Kōji Uruki
Kōji Uruki
Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi
Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi
Fuminori Ōhashi
Fuminori Ōhashi
Crew
Director
Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa
Writers
Ryuzo Kikushima
Ryuzo Kikushima
Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa
Hideo Oguni
Hideo Oguni
Producers
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Ryuzo Kikushima
Ryuzo Kikushima
Cinematography
Fukuzo Koizumi
Fukuzo Koizumi
Takao Saitō
Takao Saitō
Composer
Masaru Satō
Masaru Satō
Editor
Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa
Production Design
Yoshirō Muraki
Yoshirō Muraki
Original Writer
Shūgorō Yamamoto
Shūgorō Yamamoto
Set Decoration
Shoji Jinbo
Shoji Jinbo
Script Supervisor
Teruyo Nogami
Teruyo Nogami
Assistant Director
Masanobu Deme
Masanobu Deme
Part of Sanjuro Collection
Yojimbo