Project Author: David Mills
June 23, 2025
PRODUCTION COMPANIES:
TOHO
Sanjuro
You cut well, but the best sword stays in its sheath!
Genre:
Drama, Action, Comedy
Runtime:
96
Released:
1962
Rating:
7.9
Budget:
Box Office:
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)
Fukuzo Koizumi (Director of Photography)
Takao Saitō (Director of Photography)
Akira Kurosawa (Editor)
Hideo Oguni (Screenplay)
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
