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Sanjuro

Sanjuro

# You cut well, but the best sword stays in its sheath!
Drama   Action   Comedy
📜 Overview: 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.
🌏 Languages Available: Japanese
📆 Date Released: 1962-01-01
⌚ Running Time: 96 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 7.9

Beloved Cast

Toshirō Mifune original image
Sanjûrô Tsubaki / The ronin
Toshirō Mifune
Tatsuya Nakadai original image
Hanbei Muroto
Tatsuya Nakadai
Keiju Kobayashi original image
The Spy
Keiju Kobayashi
Yūzō Kayama original image
Iori Izaka
Yūzō Kayama
Reiko Dan original image
Chidori, Mutsuta's daughter
Reiko Dan
Takashi Shimura original image
Kurofuji
Takashi Shimura
Kamatari Fujiwara original image
Takebayashi
Kamatari Fujiwara
Takako Irie original image
Mutsuta's wife
Takako Irie
Masao Shimizu original image
Kikui
Masao Shimizu
Yūnosuke Itō original image
Mutsuta, the Chamberlain
Yūnosuke Itō
Akira Kubo original image
Samurai
Akira Kubo
Hiroshi Tachikawa original image
Samurai
Hiroshi Tachikawa
Yoshio Tsuchiya original image
Samurai
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Kunie Tanaka original image
Samurai
Kunie Tanaka
Tatsuyoshi Ehara original image
Samurai
Tatsuyoshi Ehara
Akihiko Hirata original image
Samurai
Akihiko Hirata
Toranosuke Ogawa original image
Toranosuke Ogawa
Sachio Sakai original image
Samurai
Sachio Sakai
Kenzô Matsui original image
Samurai
Kenzô Matsui
Toshiko Higuchi original image
Maid Koyso
Toshiko Higuchi
Tatsuhiko Namisato original image
Samurai
Tatsuhiko Namisato
Yutaka Sada original image
Murota samurai
Yutaka Sada
Gen Shimizu original image
Gen Shimizu
Shin Ōtomo original image
Shin Ōtomo
Shōichi Hirose original image
Shōichi Hirose
Minoru Itō original image
Minoru Itō
Kōji Uruki original image
Kōji Uruki
Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi original image
Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi
Fuminori Ōhashi original image
Fuminori Ōhashi

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