Movie·1962·1h 36m
Sanjuro
You cut well, but the best sword stays in its sheath!
Country
Japan
Language
Japanese
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The Story
Original title: 椿三十郎
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.
Written By
Hideo Oguni
Producer
Ryuzo Kikushima, Tomoyuki Tanaka
Cinematography
Fukuzo Koizumi
Music
Masaru Satō
Editor
Akira Kurosawa
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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Cast
Toshirō Mifune
Sanjûrô Tsubaki / The ronin
Tatsuya Nakadai
Hanbei Muroto
Keiju Kobayashi
The Spy
Yūzō Kayama
Iori Izaka
Reiko Dan
Chidori, Mutsuta's daughter
Takashi Shimura
Kurofuji
Kamatari Fujiwara
Takebayashi
Takako Irie
Mutsuta's wife
Masao Shimizu
Kikui
Yūnosuke Itō
Mutsuta, the Chamberlain
Akira Kubo
Samurai
Hiroshi Tachikawa
Samurai
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Samurai
Kunie Tanaka
Samurai
Tatsuyoshi Ehara
Samurai
Akihiko Hirata
Samurai
Toranosuke Ogawa
Sachio Sakai
Samurai
// crew
Crew
Akira Kurosawa
Screenplay, Director, Editor
Fukuzo Koizumi
Director of Photography
Takao Saitō
Director of Photography
Masaru Satō
Original Music Composer
Ryuzo Kikushima
Screenplay, Producer
Hideo Oguni
Screenplay
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Producer
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