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Critic David Parkinson
rated 8

...splendid samurai satire...

Read full review at Empire
Critic Rob Mackie
rated 8

Mifune's slob is deceptive, and the film builds slowly to a shattering ending.

Read full review at The Guardian
Michael Thomsen
rated 7

Ikke så god som Yojimbo/Livvagten, lidt sløv 2'er. Men hey - det er Toshiro Mifune. Han er sej!

2 years ago

Cast & Crew

Akira Kurosawa
Director
Kunie Tanaka
As Samurai
Tatsuya Nakadai
As Hanbei Muroto
Toshirō Mifune
As Sanjûrô Tsubaki / The ronin
Takashi Shimura
As Kurofuji
Akihiko Hirata
As Samurai
Kamatari Fujiwara
As Takebayashi

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Sanjuro, a cunning and skilled ronin, helps a group of idealistic young samurai expose corruption within their clan and rescue their kidnapped leader, Chamberlain Mutsuta, and his family. Sanjuro's unorthodox methods and razor-sharp wit prove invaluable in outsmarting the corrupt officials and their henchmen, leading to a thrilling and entertaining showdown.

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Sanjuro include The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin, Blast-Off Girls, Mclintock! (Producer's Cut), Marines Let's Go, The Liquidator, I Hate But Love.

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Sanjuro was released in theaters on May 7, 1963.