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Sanjuro

MOVIE • 1962

Sanjuro

You cut well, but the best sword stays in its sheath!

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.

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Toshirō Mifune

Toshirō Mifune

Sanjûrô Tsubaki / The ronin

Tatsuya Nakadai

Tatsuya Nakadai

Hanbei Muroto

Keiju Kobayashi

Keiju Kobayashi

The Spy

Yūzō Kayama

Yūzō Kayama

Iori Izaka

Reiko Dan

Reiko Dan

Chidori, Mutsuta's daughter

Takashi Shimura

Takashi Shimura

Kurofuji

Kamatari Fujiwara

Kamatari Fujiwara

Takebayashi

Takako Irie

Takako Irie

Mutsuta's wife

Masao Shimizu

Masao Shimizu

Kikui

Yūnosuke Itō

Yūnosuke Itō

Mutsuta, the Chamberlain

Akira Kubo

Akira Kubo

Samurai

Hiroshi Tachikawa

Hiroshi Tachikawa

Samurai

Yoshio Tsuchiya

Yoshio Tsuchiya

Samurai

Kunie Tanaka

Kunie Tanaka

Samurai

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Status

Released

Release

January 1, 1962

Runtime

96 min

Language

Japanese

Origin

Japan

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