Sanjuro (1962)
Tsubaki Sanjûrô
You cut well, but the best sword stays in its sheath!
96 min
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
- January 1, 1962
- Country of origin
- Japan
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Cast
- Toshirō Mifune as Sanjûrô Tsubaki
- Tatsuya Nakadai as Hanbei Muroto
- Keiju Kobayashi as The Spy
- Yûzô Kayama as Iori Izaka
- Reiko Dan as Chidori, Mutsuta's daughter
- Takashi Shimura as Kurofuji
- Kamatari Fujiwara as Takebayashi
- Takako Irie as Mutsuta's wife
- Masao Shimizu as Kikui
- Yūnosuke Itō as Mutsuta, the Chamberlain
- Akira Kubo as Samurai
- Hiroshi Tachikawa as Samurai
- Yoshio Tsuchiya as Samurai
- Kunie Tanaka as Samurai
- Tatsuyoshi Ehara as Samurai
- Akihiko Hirata as Samurai
- Toranosuke Ogawa
- Sachio Sakai as Samurai
- Toshiko Higuchi as Maid Koyso
- Tatsuhiko Namisato as Samurai
- Yutaka Sada as Murota samurai
- Gen Shimizu
- Shin Ôtomo
- Shôichi Hirose
- Kôji Uruki
- Fuminori Ôhashi
- Toshirō Mifune as The Samurai
Crew
- Akira Kurosawa · Director
- Ryûzô Kikushima · Writer
- Hideo Oguni · Writer
- Akira Kurosawa · Writer
- Shûgorô Yamamoto · Writer
- Ryûzô Kikushima · Producer
- Tomoyuki Tanaka · Producer
- Masaru Satō · Composer
- Fukuzô Koizumi · Cinematographer
- Takao Saitô · Cinematographer
- Yoshirô Muraki · Production designer