Critic Reviews
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Bosley Crowther, New York Times
A surprising, fetching, beautifully made film that fitly propounds the lesson of his own professionalism: 'Never send a boy to do a man's work.'
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Rob Humanick, Slant Magazine
The relative linearity of the film can't help but come as something of a disappointment after the feast of Yojimbo.
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Peter Canavese, Groucho Reviews
Rather than simply repeating the successful formula of Yojimbo, which incorporated humor but largely played it straight, Sanjuro flips the script for a largely comic action picture punctuated by a dark, rug-yanking conclusion. [Blu-ray]
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Rob Humanick, Slant Magazine
"You tired of being stupid yet?" Sanjuro's insult is praise: He loves you, too.
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Paul Brenner, Filmcritic.com
a textbook on widescreen composition.
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Cast
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Toshiro Mifuneas Sanjuro Tsubaki -
Yuzo Kayamaas Ioti Izaka -
Tatsuya Nakadaias Hanbei Muroto
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Keiju Kobayashias Spy -
Reiko Danas Chidori Mutsuta's daughter -
Takashi Shimuraas Kurofuji


