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Sanjuro

  • Film
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Time Out says

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.
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Release Details

  • Rated:PG
  • Duration:96 mins

Cast and crew

  • Director:Akira Kurosawa
  • Screenwriter:Ryuzo Kikushima, Hideo Oguni, Akira Kurosawa
  • Cast:
    • Toshiro Mifune
    • Tatsuya Nakadai
    • Yuzo Kayama
    • Takashi Shimura
    • Takako Irie
    • Reiko Dan
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