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Sanjuro

Original title: 椿三十郎

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

  • Movie
  • 1962
  • NR
  • 1h 36m

Directed by Akira Kurosawa

7.9

TMDB audience rating
7.9 out of 10 from 763 votes

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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.

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Cast and crew

  • Toshirō Mifune

    Toshirō MifuneSanjûrô Tsubaki / The ronin

  • Tatsuya Nakadai

    Tatsuya NakadaiHanbei Muroto

  • Keiju Kobayashi

    Keiju KobayashiThe Spy

  • Yūzō Kayama

    Yūzō KayamaIori Izaka

  • Reiko Dan

    Reiko DanChidori, Mutsuta's daughter

  • Takashi Shimura

    Takashi ShimuraKurofuji

  • Kamatari Fujiwara

    Kamatari FujiwaraTakebayashi

  • Takako Irie

    Takako IrieMutsuta's wife

  • Masao Shimizu

    Masao ShimizuKikui

  • Yūnosuke Itō

    Yūnosuke ItōMutsuta, the Chamberlain

  • Akira Kubo

    Akira KuboSamurai

  • Hiroshi Tachikawa

    Hiroshi TachikawaSamurai

  • Yoshio Tsuchiya

    Yoshio TsuchiyaSamurai

  • Kunie Tanaka

    Kunie TanakaSamurai

  • Tatsuyoshi Ehara

    Tatsuyoshi EharaSamurai

  • Akihiko Hirata

    Akihiko HirataSamurai

  • Toranosuke Ogawa

    Toranosuke Ogawa

  • Sachio Sakai

    Sachio SakaiSamurai

Director
Akira Kurosawa
Writer
Ryuzo Kikushima, Akira Kurosawa and Shūgorō Yamamoto
Music
Masaru Satō
Cinematography
Fukuzo Koizumi and Takao Saitō