Akihiko Hirata, Kamatari Fujiwara, Keiju Kobayashi
A samurai drifter teams up with eight young fighters to fight against evil warlords.
DVD Release Date: September 28, 1999
Stats: 610 reviews
Akira Kurosawa is probably the best Director in the entire History of film-making. He has not been that prolific given the amount of time he has spent making films, but many of these have subsequently been remade - Seven Samurai became the magnificent seven. Yoijimbo (the prequel...( read more)
i enjoyed this as much as yojimbo. it's a whole lot of fun. mifune is born to play comedy i think. such a ham but you can't take your eyes off him
Personally this is my favorite Kurosawa movie. The Sanjuro character is so darn funny and so good at tearing people a new one he's hard not to like.
A good film. I am always delighted to see Mifume and all the other well known faces of Kurosawa's flix. Also I must say that despite a few scenes I deeply enjoyed, I was not totally convinced.
The character and the film in general lacks a form of gravity (tens of men are killed ...( read more)
This is going to sound repetitive but yeah, good fun, but not as solid as Yojimbo. Also, Tatsuya Nakadai looks more bad-ass with hair than without. Mifune as always shines in the role of the sarcastic loner, damn, Japanese cinema seriously has no more actors like him or like Tats...( read more)
It may be lighter in tone, a little funnier, and not as good as its predecessor Yojimbo, but Sanjuro is still a very good and highly entertaining film. Parts of it seem a little muddled, but all in all, it's a fun samurai film with a great message and cool characters. I've seen 4...( read more)
Mifune is once again awesome as "Sanjuro". I prefer the tone of Sanjuro over Yojimbo, which is a bit more serious.
Another great acting by Mifune. Well done Kurosawa for the plot and mischiefs. Mideaval Japan is trully an interesting age.
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