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Tsubaki Sanjûrô (1962)
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Release Date:
7 May 1963 (USA)
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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 | full synopsis
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1 win
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(2 articles)
Akira Kurosawa: The Masterworks Blu-ray Disc Collection
(From Affenheimtheater. 19 June 2009, 10:27 AM, PDT)
DVD Review: Akira Kurosawa's Dodes'ka-den (Criterion Collection)
(From Rope Of Silicon. 17 March 2009, 3:23 AM, PDT)
(From Affenheimtheater. 19 June 2009, 10:27 AM, PDT)
DVD Review: Akira Kurosawa's Dodes'ka-den (Criterion Collection)
(From Rope Of Silicon. 17 March 2009, 3:23 AM, PDT)
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Kurosowa goes into blockbuster mode!
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Toshirô Mifune | ... | Sanjûrô Tsubaki / The Samurai | |
| Tatsuya Nakadai | ... | Hanbei Muroto | |
| Keiju Kobayashi | ... | The Spy | |
| Yûzô 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 |
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Sanjuro (USA)
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96 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Mono (Perspecta Sound encoding) (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
Singapore:PG |
Australia:PG |
Finland:K-12 |
Sweden:15 |
Switzerland:12 |
UK:12 |
UK:PG (re-rating) (2002) |
UK:A (original rating) |
West Germany:12 |
USA:PG-13
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Mutsuta's wife is shown to have what appears to be blackened teeth. This was a common type of fashion, especially with Courtiers in the Imperial Court.
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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.
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Quotes:
Mutsuta's wife:
Killing people is a bad habit.
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Referenced in Seven Samurai: Origins and Influences (2006) (V)
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That must be what this film was when it came out. Yet comparisons between it and Yojimbo (Sanjuro being the sequel) often get it a bit wrong and tend to regard Sanjuro as better. Yes and no. It's a bit like comparing Die Hard and Die Hard with Avengeance, the third film is bigger, funnier, faster... but the first installment is darker and more original. Same with these two: Kurosowa's Yojimbo is dark and has a message and some depth (more than Sanjuro), but Sanjuro is more fun and has a faster pace. It isn't Kurosowa's finest hour, but may be one of his best attempts at lightweight crowd-pleasing (though still bearing lots of quality!) and much closer to great Hollywood capers that inspired him (John Ford was his idol!). Mifune is on top form, yet again, as the reluctant nonchalant samurai/manipulator Sanjuro, and layers his performance with a subtly comical aspect. Probably the best film of Kurosowa's oeuvre to watch first if you've never seen any of his films with Mifune (it has a short running time [96min] and flows smoothly). See what I mean? Yeah you! Well then get moving: go out there and see what all the fuss is about!!!