椿三十郎 (1962)
"You cut well, but the best sword stays in its sheath!"

Title: Sanjuro
Original Title: 椿三十郎
Release Date: 1962-01-01
Status: Released
Rating: 7.9/10 (from 633 votes)
Language: JA
Genres: Drama, Action, Comedy
Production Companies: TOHO
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

Toshirō Mifune
Sanjûrô Tsubaki / The ronin

Tatsuya Nakadai
Hanbei Muroto

Keiju Kobayashi
The Spy

Yūzō Kayama
Iori Izaka

Reiko Dan
Chidori, Mutsuta's daughter

Takashi Shimura
Kurofuji

Kamatari Fujiwara
Takebayashi

Takako Irie
Mutsuta's wife

Masao Shimizu
Kikui

Yūnosuke Itō
Mutsuta, the Chamberlain