Sanjuro (1962)
Akira KurosawaToshiro 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.
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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.
Cast
| Name | Character | |
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Toshirō Mifune | Sanjûrô Tsubaki / The ronin |
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Tatsuya Nakadai | Hanbei Muroto |
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Keiju Kobayashi | The Spy |
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Yūzō Kayama | Iori Izaka |
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Reiko Dan | Chidori, Mutsuta's daughter |
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Takashi Shimura | Kurofuji |
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Kamatari Fujiwara | Takebayashi |
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Takako Irie | Mutsuta's wife |
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Masao Shimizu | Kikui |
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Yūnosuke Itō | Mutsuta, the Chamberlain |
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Akira Kubo | Samurai |
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Hiroshi Tachikawa | Samurai |
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Yoshio Tsuchiya | Samurai |
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Kunie Tanaka | Samurai |
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Tatsuyoshi Ehara | Samurai |
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Akihiko Hirata | Samurai |
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Toranosuke Ogawa | |
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Sachio Sakai | Samurai |
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Kenzô Matsui | Samurai |
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Toshiko Higuchi | Maid Koyso |
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Tatsuhiko Namisato | Samurai |
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Yutaka Sada | Murota samurai |
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Gen Shimizu | |
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Shin Ōtomo | |
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Shōichi Hirose | |
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Minoru Itō | |
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Kōji Uruki | |
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Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi | |
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Fuminori Ōhashi |