Sanjuro

Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller · 1963Not Rated

Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Akira Kurosawa’s tightly paced, beautifully composed Sanjuro. In this sly companion piece 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. Less brazen in tone than its predecessor but equally entertaining, this classic character’s return is a masterpiece in its own right.

Starring

Toshirō Mifune, Akira Kurosawa, Akira Kurosawa, Tatsuya Nakadai, Keiju Kobayashi, Akira Kurosawa, Yūzō Kayama, Hideo Oguni, Masaru Satō, Reiko Dan

Director

Akira Kurosawa