Sanjuro

Akira Kurosawa
1962-01-01

You cut well, but the best sword stays in its sheath!
7.9
96 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Toshirō Mifune Sanjûrô Tsubaki / The ronin Unowned
Tatsuya Nakadai Hanbei Muroto Unowned
Keiju Kobayashi The Spy Unowned
Yūzō Kayama Iori Izaka Unowned
Reiko Dan Chidori, Mutsuta's daughter Unowned
Takashi Shimura Kurofuji Unowned
Kamatari Fujiwara Takebayashi Unowned
Takako Irie Mutsuta's wife Unowned
Masao Shimizu Kikui Unowned
Yūnosuke Itō Mutsuta, the Chamberlain Unowned
Akira Kubo Samurai Unowned
Hiroshi Tachikawa Samurai Unowned
Yoshio Tsuchiya Samurai Unowned
Kunie Tanaka Samurai Unowned
Tatsuyoshi Ehara Samurai Unowned
Akihiko Hirata Samurai Unowned
Toranosuke Ogawa Unowned
Sachio Sakai Samurai Unowned
Kenzô Matsui Samurai Unowned
Toshiko Higuchi Maid Koyso Unowned
Tatsuhiko Namisato Samurai Unowned
Yutaka Sada Murota samurai Unowned
Gen Shimizu Unowned
Shin Ōtomo Unowned
Shōichi Hirose Unowned
Minoru Itō Unowned
Kōji Uruki Unowned
Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi Unowned
Fuminori Ōhashi Unowned