Sanjuro
Sign in to saveis a 1962 Japanese jidaigeki film directed, co-written and edited by Akira Kurosawa, starring Toshiro Mifune. It is a sequel to Kurosawa's 1961 Yojimbo.
Film · TMDB
8.0In 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.
Released: 1962-01-0196 minDir: Akira KurosawaDrama, Action, Comedy
Cast
- Toshirō Mifune as Sanjûrô Tsubaki / The ronin
- Tatsuya Nakadai as Hanbei Muroto
- Keiju Kobayashi as The Spy
- Yūzō Kayama as Iori Izaka
- Reiko Dan as Chidori, Mutsuta's daughter
- Takashi Shimura as Kurofuji
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Ratings · OMDb
IMDb
8/10
43,865 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
100%
Metacritic
83/100
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination total
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Sanjuro
- Film.image
- SanjuroPoster.jpg
- Film.caption
- Theatrical release poster
- Film.director
- Akira Kurosawa
- Film.editing
- Akira Kurosawa
- Film.music
- Masaru Sato
- Film.distributor
- Toho
- Film.runtime
- 95 minutes
- Film.country
- Japan
- Film.language
- Japanese
- Japanese.kanji
- 椿三十郎
- Japanese.revhep
- Tsubaki Sanjūrō
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Key dates
- Published
- 7 May 1963
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Original language
- Japanese
- Follows
- Yojimbo
- Director
- Akira Kurosawa
- Screenwriter
- Akira Kurosawa
- Composer
- Masaru Sato
- Producer
- Ryūzō Kikushima
- Production company
- Toho
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is a 1962 Japanese jidaigeki film directed, co-written and edited by Akira Kurosawa, starring Toshiro Mifune. It is a sequel to Kurosawa's 1961 Yojimbo.
Originally an adaptation of the Shūgorō Yamamoto novel Hibi Heian, the script was altered following the success of the previous year's Yojimbo to incorporate the lead character of that film.
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1960s samurai films1962 films1962 Japanese films1962 Japanese-language filmsFilms based on works by Shūgorō YamamotoFilms directed by Akira KurosawaFilms produced by Ryūzō KikushimaFilms produced by Tomoyuki TanakaFilms scored by Masaru SatoFilms with screenplays by Akira KurosawaFilms with screenplays by Ryuzo KikushimaJapanese black-and-white films