Sanjuro
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Tsubaki Sanjūrō (better known as Sanjuro in the West) is a 1962 black and white Japanese film directed by Akira Kurosawa and starring Toshiro Mifune. It is a sequel to his earlier film Yojimbo.
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Plot summary
Based on Shugoro Yamamoto's novel Peaceful Days, the film tells the story of a group of loyal but hapless samurai who are trying to rescue their master, the Chamberlain, from the clutches of a ruthless rival. Their initial impulsive rescue attempts fail, and they seem to be doomed until the scruffy but brilliant swordfighter Sanjuro (played by Mifune) offers his help. Mifune's Sanjuro is an anti-hero — a shabby, cynical character, who perplexes the samurai to whose aid he comes, challenging their ideas about their calling.
The film combines action and humour, and is lighter in tone than its predecessor, Yojimbo, which was the inspiration for Sergio Leone's film A Fistful of Dollars.
Personnel
Director
- Akira Kurosawa
Writers
- Ryuzo Kikushima
- Akira Kurosawa
- Hideo Oguni
- Shugoro Yamamoto
Cast
- Toshiro Mifune
- Tatsuya Nakadai
- Keiju Kobayashi
- Yuzo Kayama
- Reiko Dan
- Akihiko Hirata
- Takashi Shimura
- Kamatari Fujiwara
- Takako Irie
- Masao Shimizu
- Yunosuke Ito
- Akira Kubo
- Kenzo Matsui
- Hiroshi Tachikawa
- Yoshio Tsuchiya
- Kunie Tanaka
- Tatsuyoshi Ehara
- Tatsuhiko Hari
Music
- Masaru Sato