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DramaActionComedy

Sanjuro

- You cut well, but the best sword stays in its sheath!

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.

Release Date : 1962-01-01

Language :Japanese

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : TOHO

Production Country : Japan

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Toshirō Mifune

Character Name : Sanjûrô Tsubaki / The ronin

Original Name : 三船敏郎

Gender : Male

Tatsuya Nakadai

Character Name : Hanbei Muroto

Original Name : 仲代達矢

Gender : Male

Keiju Kobayashi

Character Name : The Spy

Original Name : 小林桂樹

Gender : Male

Yūzō Kayama

Character Name : Iori Izaka

Original Name : 加山雄三

Gender : Male

Reiko Dan

Character Name : Chidori, Mutsuta's daughter

Original Name : 団令子

Gender : Female

Takashi Shimura

Character Name : Kurofuji

Original Name : 志村喬

Gender : Male

Kamatari Fujiwara

Character Name : Takebayashi

Original Name : 藤原釜足

Gender : Male

Takako Irie

Character Name : Mutsuta's wife

Original Name : 入江たか子

Gender : Female

Masao Shimizu

Character Name : Kikui

Original Name : 清水将夫

Gender : Male

Yūnosuke Itō

Character Name : Mutsuta, the Chamberlain

Original Name : 伊藤雄之助

Gender : Male

Akira Kubo

Character Name : Samurai

Original Name : 久保明

Gender : Male

Hiroshi Tachikawa

Character Name : Samurai

Original Name : 太刀川寛

Gender : Male

Yoshio Tsuchiya

Character Name : Samurai

Original Name : 土屋嘉男

Gender : Male

Kunie Tanaka

Character Name : Samurai

Original Name : 田中邦衛

Gender : Male

Tatsuyoshi Ehara

Character Name : Samurai

Original Name : 江原達怡

Gender : Male

Akihiko Hirata

Character Name : Samurai

Original Name : 平田昭彦

Gender : Male

Toranosuke Ogawa

Character Name :

Original Name : 小川虎之助

Gender : Male

Sachio Sakai

Character Name : Samurai

Original Name : 堺左千夫

Gender : Male

Kenzô Matsui

Character Name : Samurai

Original Name : Kenzô Matsui

Gender : Male

Toshiko Higuchi

Character Name : Maid Koyso

Original Name : 樋口年子

Gender : Female

Tatsuhiko Namisato

Character Name : Samurai

Original Name : Tatsuhiko Namisato

Gender : Male

Yutaka Sada

Character Name : Murota samurai

Original Name : 佐田豊

Gender : Male

Gen Shimizu

Character Name :

Original Name : 清水元

Gender : Male

Shin Ōtomo

Character Name :

Original Name : 大友伸

Gender : Male

Shōichi Hirose

Character Name :

Original Name : 広瀬正一

Gender : Male

Minoru Itō

Character Name :

Original Name : 伊藤実

Gender : Male

Kōji Uruki

Character Name :

Original Name : 宇留木康二

Gender : Male

Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi

Character Name :

Original Name : Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi

Gender : Male

Fuminori Ōhashi

Character Name :

Original Name : 大橋史典

Gender : Male

Reviews

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@Geronimo1967

2023-08-14

This is a superb adventure story with Toshirô Mifune reprising his role from "Yojimbo" as the wandering samurai warrior. This time he arrives in a village facing some local corruption. The "Chamberlain" has been framed by the superintendent of a clan, who tries to secure his tenuous position by killing off any detractors. "Sanjûrô" decides to help protect them, and is soon drawn into the battle that requires all of his skills and know-how (of course, they are completely outnumbered). The plot interveaves a story of local politics nicely with a lust for power, and a coming of age for many of the locals who are in awe of their warrior leader. Takako Irie is quite interesting as the wife of the arrested Chamberlain; she looks every inch the prim and proper Japanese wife, but is frequently (and to Mifune's chagrin, on occasion) the character delivering some quite insightful and learned comment; she seems to have the measure of the Samurai! I found Mifune's performance to be engaging and charming - he deals with his men as a teacher might his pupils, sometimes with humour, other times with discipline - but always with care; and that speaks more to the way Kurosawa develops the characterisations - with integrity and class. It's still got it's fair share of action and there are loads of sword-fights to keep the plot moving along until it all comes to an head. It's odd that almost 60 years later, this has never been given the Hollywood treatment - perhaps that's a good thing?