Sanjuro
You cut well, but the best sword stays in its sheath!
7.9(736) 1962-01-01 96 minDramaActionComedy
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.
ScreenplayAkira Kurosawa
Original Music ComposerMasaru Satō
DirectorAkira Kurosawa
ScreenplayRyuzo Kikushima
ScreenplayHideo Oguni
ProducerRyuzo Kikushima
ProducerTomoyuki Tanaka
Cast & characters
Toshirō Mifune
as Sanjûrô Tsubaki / The ronin
Tatsuya Nakadai
as Hanbei Muroto
Keiju Kobayashi
as The Spy
Yūzō Kayama
as Iori Izaka
Reiko Dan
as Chidori, Mutsuta's daughter
Takashi Shimura
as Kurofuji
Kamatari Fujiwara
as Takebayashi
Takako Irie
as Mutsuta's wife
Masao Shimizu
as Kikui
Yūnosuke Itō
as Mutsuta, the Chamberlain
Akira Kubo
as Samurai
Hiroshi Tachikawa
as Samurai
Yoshio Tsuchiya
as Samurai
Kunie Tanaka
as Samurai
Tatsuyoshi Ehara
as Samurai
Akihiko Hirata
as Samurai
Toranosuke Ogawa
as —
Sachio Sakai
as Samurai
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Kenzô Matsui
as Samurai
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Toshiko Higuchi
as Maid Koyso
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Tatsuhiko Namisato
as Samurai
Yutaka Sada
as Murota samurai
Gen Shimizu
as —
Shin Ōtomo
as —
