Sanjuro
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| 椿三十郎 Sanjuro |
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| Directed by | Akira Kurosawa |
| Produced by | Ryuzo Kikushima Tomoyuki Tanaka |
| Written by | Ryuzo Kikushima Akira Kurosawa |
| Starring | Toshirô Mifune Tatsuya Nakadai Keiju Kobayashi Yuzo Kayama |
| Music by | Masaru Satô |
| Distributed by | Toho Company Ltd. |
| Release date(s) |  Jan 1, 1962 May 7, 1963 |
| Running time | 96 min. |
| Language | Japanese |
| Preceded by | Yojimbo |
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Sanjuro is the English title for Tsubaki Sanjūrō (椿三十郎?), a 1962 black and white Japanese samurai film directed by Akira Kurosawa and starring Toshiro Mifune. It is a sequel to Kurosawa's earlier film Yojimbo, with Mifune reprising his role as a wandering ronin who goes by the pseudonym 'Sanjuro'. The film combines action and humour, and is lighter in tone than its predecessor.
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Based on Shugoro Yamamoto's novel Peaceful Days, the film tells the story of a group of loyal but hapless young samurai who are trying to rescue their master, the Chamberlain, from the clutches of a corrupt rival. Their initial impulsive rescue attempts fail, and they seem to be doomed until the scruffy but brilliant swordfighter Sanjuro 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 naive preconceptions about their calling.
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| Japanese Cinema |  |
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| Films directed by Akira Kurosawa | ||
| 1940s | Sanshiro Sugata | The Most Beautiful | Sanshiro Sugata Part II | The Men Who Tread On the Tiger's Tail | Those Who Make Tomorrow | No Regrets for Our Youth | One Wonderful Sunday | Drunken Angel | The Quiet Duel | Stray Dog | |
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| 1950s | Scandal | Rashomon | The Idiot | Ikiru | Seven Samurai | I Live in Fear | Throne of Blood | The Lower Depths | The Hidden Fortress | |
| 1960s | The Bad Sleep Well | Yojimbo | Sanjuro | High and Low | Red Beard | |
| 1970s | Dodesukaden | Dersu Uzala | |
| 1980s | Kagemusha | Ran | |
| 1990s | Dreams | Rhapsody in August | Madadayo | |
