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Sanjuro

Original title: 椿三十郎

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

1962 · NR · 1h 36m

Directed by Akira Kurosawa

7.9

TMDB audience score
763 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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

  • 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

  • Toranosuke Ogawa

  • Sachio Sakai
    Samurai