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Sanjuro (1962)

Akira Kurosawa's Powerful and Newest Japanese Masterpiece

Genre : Drama, Action, Comedy

Runtime : 1H 36M

Director : Akira Kurosawa
Writer : Akira Kurosawa, Ryûzô Kikushima, Hideo Oguni

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Toshirō Mifune
Toshirō Mifune
Sanjûrô Tsubaki / The ronin
Tatsuya Nakadai
Tatsuya Nakadai
Hanbei Muroto
Keiju Kobayashi
Keiju Kobayashi
The Spy
Yûzô Kayama
Yûzô 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 Ôtomo
Shin Ôtomo
Shôichi Hirose
Shôichi Hirose
Minoru Itô
Minoru Itô
Kōji Uruki
Kōji Uruki
Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi
Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi
Fuminori Ôhashi
Fuminori Ôhashi

Crews

Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa
Director
Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa
Screenplay
Ryûzô Kikushima
Ryûzô Kikushima
Screenplay
Shûgorô Yamamoto
Shûgorô Yamamoto
Novel
Masaru Satō
Masaru Satō
Original Music Composer
Fukuzo Koizumi
Fukuzo Koizumi
Director of Photography
Takao Saitō
Takao Saitō
Director of Photography
Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa
Editor
Hideo Oguni
Hideo Oguni
Screenplay
Shoji Jinbo
Shoji Jinbo
Set Decoration
Yoshirô Muraki
Yoshirô Muraki
Production Design
Teruyo Nogami
Teruyo Nogami
Script Supervisor
Masanobu Deme
Masanobu Deme
Assistant Director
Ryûzô Kikushima
Ryûzô Kikushima
Producer
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Producer
Wataru Konuma
Wataru Konuma
Sound Recordist
Hisashi Shimonaga
Hisashi Shimonaga
Sound Recordist

Trailers and other movies

Tatsuya Nakadai on SANJURO
Tatsuya Nakadai on Shooting SANJURO
SANJURO Trailer (1962) - The Criterion Collection

Posters and backgrounds

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