Tsubaki Sanjûrô (known outside Japan as: Sanjuro) is a 1962 black and white Japanese film directed by Akira Kurosawa. It is a sequel to his earlier film Yojimbo.

Personnel

Director

• Akira Kurosawa

Writers

• Ryuzo Kikushima
• Akira Kurosawa
• Hideo Oguni
• Shugoro Yamamoto

Cast

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

Music

• Masaru Satô

Details & plot summary

Based on Shungoro 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 inital 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.

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