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Director: Akira Kurosawa
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Kurosawa was pressured by his producers into directing this sequel to Yojimbo, and rose to the occasion by making his funniest and least overtly didactic film. The plot has Sanjuro (Mifune) running lazy rings around nine would-be samurai and two genteel ladies while cleaning up a spot of corruption in local government. Kurosawa plays most of it for laughs by expertly parodying the conventions of Japanese period action movies, but the tone switches to a magnificent vehemence in the heart-stopping finale.Author: TR
Cast & crew
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Producer: Ryuzo Kikushima, Tomoyuki Tanaka
Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yuzo Kayama, Takashi Shimura, Takako Irie, Reiko Dan full cast
Rated: PG
Duration: 96 mins
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