Sanjuro

Sanjuro

Directed by Akira Kurosawa • 1962 • Japan
Starring Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Keiju Kobayashi

Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Akira Kurosawa’s tightly paced, beautifully composed SANJURO. In this sly companion piece 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. Less brazen in tone than its predecessor but equally entertaining, this classic character’s return is a masterpiece in its own right.

Sanjuro
  • Sanjuro

    Directed by Akira Kurosawa • 1962 • Japan
    Starring Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Keiju Kobayashi

    Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Akira Kurosawa’s tightly paced, beautifully composed SANJURO. In this sly companion piece to YOJIMBO, jaded samurai SANJURO helps an...

Extras

  • SANJURO Commentary

    Recorded in 2006, this commentary features noted film historian Stephen Prince, author of “The Warrior’s Camera: The Cinema of Akira Kurosawa.”