Sanjuro(1962)
You cut well, but the best sword stays in its sheath!
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.
Movie: Sanjuro
Top 10 Billed Cast
Sanjûrô Tsubaki / The ronin
Hanbei Muroto
The Spy
Iori Izaka
Chidori, Mutsuta's daughter
Kurofuji
Takebayashi
Mutsuta's wife
Kikui
Mutsuta, the Chamberlain
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Video: Sanjuro (1962) Original Trailer [4K]
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Sanjuro (1962) Original Trailer [4K]
SANJURO Trailer (1962) - The Criterion Collection
Tatsuya Nakadai on SANJURO
Tatsuya Nakadai on Shooting SANJURO
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Tatsuya Nakadai on SANJURO - Featurette
Tatsuya Nakadai on Shooting SANJURO - Featurette
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