Project Author: David Mills
June 23, 2025
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.
PRODUCTION TEAM
Fukuzo Koizumi (Director of Photography)
Takao Saitō (Director of Photography)
Shoji Jinbo (Set Decoration)
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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)
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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