Sanjuro(椿三十郎)
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Japan · 1962
1h 36m
Director Akira Kurosawa
Starring Toshirō Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Keiju Kobayashi, Yûzô Kayama
Genre Drama, Action, Comedy
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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.
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