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Sanjuro(1962)
Status: Released
Date: 1962-01-01
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675 Votes
Time: 1h 36m
You cut well, but the best sword stays in its sheath!
Overview:
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.
Languages: Japanese.
Countries:
Japan
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Sanjuro
Top 10 Billed Cast
三船敏郎
Sanjûrô Tsubaki / The ronin
仲代達矢
Hanbei Muroto
小林桂樹
The Spy
加山雄三
Iori Izaka
団令子
Chidori, Mutsuta's daughter
志村喬
Kurofuji
藤原釜足
Takebayashi
入江たか子
Mutsuta's wife
清水将夫
Kikui
伊藤雄之助
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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