Project Author: David Mills

June 23, 2025

PRODUCTION COMPANIES:
TOHO

Sanjuro

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

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Genre:

Drama, Action, Comedy

Runtime:

96

Released:

1962

Rating:

7.9

Budget:

$0

Box Office:

$0

WRITERS

Akira Kurosawa, Ryūzō Kikushima, Shūgorō Yamamoto, Hideo Oguni

FILM OVERVIEW

Sanjuro

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.

DIRECTOR

Akira Kurosawa

GALLERY

PRODUCTION TEAM

Akira Kurosawa (Director)

Akira Kurosawa (Screenplay)

Ryūzō Kikushima (Screenplay)

Shūgorō Yamamoto (Novel)

Masaru Satō (Original Music Composer)

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Fukuzo Koizumi (Director of Photography)

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Takao Saitō (Director of Photography)

Akira Kurosawa (Editor)

Hideo Oguni (Screenplay)

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Shoji Jinbo (Set Decoration)

CAST MEMBERS

Toshirō Mifune

Tatsuya Nakadai

Keiju Kobayashi

Yūzō Kayama

Reiko Dan

Takashi Shimura

Kamatari Fujiwara

Takako Irie

Masao Shimizu

Yūnosuke Itō

MORE PRODUCTION

Yoshirō Muraki (Production Design), Teruyo Nogami (Script Supervisor), Masanobu Deme (Assistant Director), Ryūzō Kikushima (Producer), Tomoyuki Tanaka (Producer), Wataru Konuma (Sound Recordist), Hisashi Shimonaga (Sound Recordist)

MORE CAST

Akira Kubo, Hiroshi Tachikawa, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Kunie Tanaka, Tatsuyoshi Ehara, Akihiko Hirata, Toranosuke Ogawa, Sachio Sakai, Kenzô Matsui, Toshiko Higuchi, Tatsuhiko Namisato, Yutaka Sada, Gen Shimizu, Shin Ōtomo, Shōichi Hirose, Minoru Itō, Kōji Uruki, Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi, Fuminori Ōhashi

'Sanjuro'

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