Film

Sanjuro

1962 · 1h 36m · Drama · Action · Comedy

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

IMDb

8.0

Rotten Tomatoes

100%

Metacritic

83

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.

Toshirō Mifune

Sanjûrô Tsubaki / The ronin

Tatsuya Nakadai

Hanbei Muroto

Keiju Kobayashi

The Spy

Yūzō Kayama

Iori Izaka

Reiko Dan

Chidori, Mutsuta's daughter

Takashi Shimura

Kurofuji

Kamatari Fujiwara

Takebayashi

Takako Irie

Mutsuta's wife

Masao Shimizu

Kikui

Yūnosuke Itō

Mutsuta, the Chamberlain

Akira Kubo

Samurai

Hiroshi Tachikawa

Samurai

Yoshio Tsuchiya

Samurai

Kunie Tanaka

Samurai

Tatsuyoshi Ehara

Samurai

Akihiko Hirata

Samurai

• Akira KurosawaScreenplay · Director · Editor
• Ryuzo KikushimaScreenplay · Producer
• Hideo OguniScreenplay
• Shūgorō YamamotoNovel
• Tomoyuki TanakaProducer
• Fukuzo KoizumiDirector of Photography
• Takao SaitōDirector of Photography
• Masaru SatōOriginal Music Composer

Sanjuro (1962) Original Trailer [4K]SANJURO Trailer (1962) - The Criterion Collection

Release date

January 1, 1962

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 36m

Rated

NR

Genres

Drama, Action, Comedy

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