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Tsubaki Sanjûrô (1962)

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Overview

Director:
Akira Kurosawa
Writers:
Ryuzo Kikushima (writer)
Akira Kurosawa (writer)
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Release Date:
7 May 1963 (USA) more view trailer
Plot:
A crafty samurai helps a young man and his fellow clansmen save his uncle, who has been framed and imprisoned by a corrupt superintendent. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
User Comments:
The master in a lighter mode more

Cast

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Toshirô Mifune ... Sanjûrô Tsubaki / The Samurai
Tatsuya Nakadai ... Hanbei Muroto
Keiju Kobayashi ... The Spy
Yuzo Kayama ... Iori Izaka
Reiko Dan ... Chidori, Mutsuta's daughter
Akihiko Hirata ... Samurai
Takashi Shimura ... Kurofuji
Kamatari Fujiwara ... Takebayashi
Takako Irie ... Mutsuta's wife
Masao Shimizu ... Kikui
Yûnosuke Itô ... Mutsuta, the Chamberlain
Akira Kubo ... Samurai
Kenzo Matsui ... Samurai
Hiroshi Tachikawa ... Samurai
Yoshio Tsuchiya ... Samurai
Kunie Tanaka ... Samurai
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Tatsuyoshi Ehara ... Samurai
Tatsuhiko Hari ... Samurai
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Directed by
Akira Kurosawa 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Ryuzo Kikushima  writer
Akira Kurosawa  writer
Hideo Oguni  writer
Shugoro Yamamoto  novel "Peaceful Days"

Produced by
Ryuzo Kikushima .... associate producer
Tomoyuki Tanaka .... associate producer
 
Original Music by
Masaru Satô 
 
Cinematography by
Fukuzo Koizumi 
Takao Saitô 
 
Film Editing by
Akira Kurosawa 
 
Production Design by
Yoshirô Muraki 
 
Sound Department
Wataru Konuma .... sound recordist
Hisashi Shimonaga .... sound recordist
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Ichirô Inohara .... lighting technician
 
Other crew
Ryu Kuze .... fencing advisor
 


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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Sanjuro (USA)
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Runtime:
96 min
Country:
Japan
Language:
Japanese
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Perspecta Sound encoding) (Westrex Recording System)
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
For the "explosion of blood" in the final duel, chocolate syrup was mixed with carbonated water and put under 30 pounds of pressure. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When the Chamberlain's nephew goes to peek over the wall to check if Kikui's house is full of troops, he supports himself on the wall which bends slightly, belying its supposed sturdiness. more
Quotes:
Sanjûrô Tsubaki: Stupid friends are dangerous. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Kurosawa: The Last Emperor (1999) (TV) more

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14 out of 16 people found the following comment useful:-
The master in a lighter mode, 21 September 2000
Author: gcameron from Los Angeles

Sanjuro is not one of Kurosawa's great films, but it shows him relaxed and having fun, deconstructing the jidai-geki (samurai film) genre with tongue firmly in cheek.

The film lacks the meticulous visual style of Yojimbo, but it is very well photographed, with some extremely fluid cinematography and those effortlessly artful group compositions that only Kurosawa seems to be able to do. The plot is a little exposition-heavy, but it's always swift-moving and never comes close to taking itself seriously.

Watching Toshiro slice apart all those enemies in the various battle scenes with nary a bloodstain in sight, I did find myself wishing the folks at Toho had sprung for a few squibs. But all is set right in the brilliant final swordfight, which is worth the price of admission.

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Kurosawa at his best when humorous. So this is a great film. peterrichard30
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