Sanjuro

8.0
Moderate
19621h 36m

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Overview

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.

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Toshirō Mifune - Sanjûrô Tsubaki / The ronin in Sanjuro

Toshirō Mifune

Sanjûrô Tsubaki / The ronin

Tatsuya Nakadai - Hanbei Muroto in Sanjuro

Tatsuya Nakadai

Hanbei Muroto

Keiju Kobayashi - The Spy in Sanjuro

Keiju Kobayashi

The Spy

Yūzō Kayama - Iori Izaka in Sanjuro

Yūzō Kayama

Iori Izaka

Reiko Dan - Chidori, Mutsuta's daughter in Sanjuro

Reiko Dan

Chidori, Mutsuta's daughter

Takashi Shimura - Kurofuji in Sanjuro

Takashi Shimura

Kurofuji

Kamatari Fujiwara - Takebayashi in Sanjuro

Kamatari Fujiwara

Takebayashi

Takako Irie - Mutsuta's wife in Sanjuro

Takako Irie

Mutsuta's wife

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Movie Info

Release Date

January 1, 1962

Runtime

1h 36m

Rating

NR

Genres

Action, Comedy, Drama

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