Country
Switzerland
Date
Jul 29, 1962
Note
Locarno Film Festival
You cut well, but the best sword stays in its sheath!
1h 36min
Overall average
5.0/10
Trailer
Videos
Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Takako Irie | Mutsuta's wife |
| Masao Shimizu | Kikui |
| Yūnosuke Itō | Mutsuta, the Chamberlain |
| Akira Kubo | Samurai |
| Hiroshi Tachikawa | Samurai |
| Yoshio Tsuchiya | Samurai |
| Kunie Tanaka | Samurai |
| Tatsuyoshi Ehara | Samurai |
| Akihiko Hirata | Samurai |
| Toranosuke Ogawa | |
| Sachio Sakai | Samurai |
| Kenzô Matsui | Samurai |
| Toshiko Higuchi | Maid Koyso |
| Tatsuhiko Namisato | Samurai |
| Yutaka Sada | Murota samurai |
| Gen Shimizu | |
| Shin Ōtomo |
Genres
DramaActionComedy
Technical details
| Dettaglio | Valore |
|---|---|
| Titolo originale | 椿三十郎 |
| Lingua originale | 日本語 (JA) |
| Lingue parlate | 日本語 |
| Paesi di produzione | Japan |
| Stato | Released |
| Compagnie di produzione | TOHO |
| Data di uscita | 1 gennaio 1962 |
| Producer | Tomoyuki Tanaka, Ryuzo Kikushima |
| Writer | Ryuzo Kikushima, Akira Kurosawa, Shūgorō Yamamoto, Hideo Oguni |
| Editors | Akira Kurosawa |
| Cinematography | Fukuzo Koizumi, Takao Saitō |
| Asst. Directors | Masanobu Deme, Akira Kurosawa, Teruyo Nogami |
| Camera Operators | Fukuzo Koizumi, Takao Saitō |
| Add. Photography | Fukuzo Koizumi, Takao Saitō |
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| Production Design | Yoshirō Muraki, Shoji Jinbo |
| Art Direction | Yoshirō Muraki, Shoji Jinbo |
| Set Decoration | Shoji Jinbo, Yoshirō Muraki |
| Composer | Masaru Satō, Hisashi Shimonaga, Wataru Konuma |
| Sound | Masaru Satō, Hisashi Shimonaga, Wataru Konuma |
| Collezione | Sanjuro Collection |
Release dates
Premiere
Limited release
Country
Australia
Date
Oct 27, 2024
Certification
PG
Note
Re-Release
Theatrical release
Country
Japan
Date
Jan 01, 1962
Country
United States
Date
May 07, 1963
Certification
NR
Country
Peru
Date
May 29, 1963
Country
Finland
Date
Nov 01, 1963
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Country
Sweden
Date
Oct 11, 1966
Country
Italy
Date
Mar 22, 1968
Country
Denmark
Date
Aug 12, 1970
Country
France
Date
Jun 07, 1972
Certification
U
Country
Netherlands
Date
Jun 12, 1980
Certification
12
Note
Re-release
Physical media
Country
Australia
Date
Jan 01, 2000
Certification
PG
Note
DVD
Country
Netherlands
Date
Sep 07, 2004
Certification
12
Note
DVD
Country
France
Date
Jan 25, 2017
Country
United Kingdom
Date
Mar 17, 2025
Note
Blu-ray & 4K UHD
TV
Country
Germany
Date
Nov 04, 1972
Country
Czechia
Date
Dec 14, 2008
Note
ČT2
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