Movies - Sanjuro

	Movies - Sanjuro

Tsubaki Sanjūrō (better known as Sanjuro in the West) is a 1962 black and white Japanese film directed by Akira Kurosawa and starring Toshiro Mifune. It is a sequel to his earlier film Yojimbo
.

Plot summary

Based on Shugoro Yamamoto's novel Peaceful Days, the film tells the story of a group of loyal but hapless samurai who are trying to rescue their master, the Chamberlain, from the clutches of a ruthless rival. Their initial impulsive rescue attempts fail, and they seem to be doomed until the scruffy but brilliant swordfighter Sanjuro (played by Mifune) offers his help. Mifune's Sanjuro is an anti-hero — a shabby, cynical character, who perplexes the samurai to whose aid he comes, challenging their ideas about their calling.

The film combines action and humour, and is lighter in tone than its predecessor, Yojimbo
, which was the inspiration for Sergio Leone's film A Fistful of Dollars
.

Personnel

Director

Akira Kurosawa

Writers

Ryuzo Kikushima
Akira Kurosawa
Hideo Oguni
Shugoro Yamamoto

Cast

Toshiro Mifune
Tatsuya Nakadai
Keiju Kobayashi
Yuzo Kayama
Reiko Dan
Akihiko Hirata
Takashi Shimura
Kamatari Fujiwara
Takako Irie
Masao Shimizu
Yunosuke Ito
Akira Kubo
Kenzo Matsui
Hiroshi Tachikawa
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Kunie Tanaka
Tatsuyoshi Ehara
Tatsuhiko Hari

Music

Masaru Sato

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