Sanjuro (1962)

椿三十郎
Sanjuro
NR 96 minutes JA Drama , Action , Comedy
You cut well, but the best sword stays in its sheath!
Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa's tightly paced, beautifully composed "Sanjuro." 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.
Akira Kurosawa
Editor
Masaru Satō
Original Music Composer
Fukuzo Koizumi
Director of Photography
Takao Saitō
Director of Photography

Cast

Toshirō Mifune
Sanjûrô Tsubaki / The ronin
Tatsuya Nakadai
Hanbei Muroto
Yūzō Kayama
Iori Izaka
Reiko Dan
Chidori, Mutsuta's daughter
Kamatari Fujiwara
Takebayashi
Takako Irie
Mutsuta's wife
Yūnosuke Itō
Mutsuta, the Chamberlain
Akira Kubo
Samurai
Kunie Tanaka
Samurai
Sachio Sakai
Samurai
Toshiko Higuchi
Maid Koyso
Yutaka Sada
Murota samurai

Crew

Masaru Satō
Original Music Composer
Fukuzo Koizumi
Director of Photography
Takao Saitō
Director of Photography
Shoji Jinbo
Set Decoration
Yoshirō Muraki
Production Design
Wataru Konuma
Sound Recordist
Teruyo Nogami
Script Supervisor
Masanobu Deme
Assistant Director
Hideo Oguni
Screenplay