Sanjuro

Sanjuro

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

椿三十郎

8.0 /10 711 votes
January 1, 1962 1h 36m Released

Storyline

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.

Key Information

Director Akira Kurosawa
Writers Akira Kurosawa, Ryuzo Kikushima
Studio TOHO
Rating 8.0/10
Language JA

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Cast & Crew

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Sanjuro was released on January 1, 1962.

The runtime of Sanjuro is 1h 36m.

Sanjuro is a Drama, Action, Comedy movie.

Sanjuro has a rating of 8.0 out of 10 on TMDB.

Sanjuro is available to watch. Check streaming platforms and theaters near you.

Sanjuro was directed by Akira Kurosawa.

The main cast of Sanjuro includes Toshirō Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Keiju Kobayashi.

Sanjuro is originally in Japanese.