Sanjuro (1962)
椿三十郎
Drama, Action, Comedy • 1h 36m
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.
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Cast: Toshirō Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Keiju Kobayashi, Yūzō Kayama, Reiko Dan, Takashi Shimura, Kamatari Fujiwara, Takako Irie, Masao Shimizu, Yūnosuke Itō, Akira Kubo, Hiroshi Tachikawa, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Kunie Tanaka, Tatsuyoshi Ehara, Akihiko Hirata, Toranosuke Ogawa, Sachio Sakai, Kenzô Matsui, Toshiko Higuchi, Tatsuhiko Namisato, Yutaka Sada, Gen Shimizu, Shin Ōtomo, Shōichi Hirose, Minoru Itō, Kōji Uruki, Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi, Fuminori Ōhashi
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