Sanjuro
Akira Kurosawa / JP, 1962 / 95 min.
A year after the successful Yojimbo, Kurosawa shot another film featuring the samurai Sanjuro. Toshiro Mifune stars and growls to brilliant comedic effect as this bored warrior, with Kurosawa also parodying the costume drama genre.
Lazy samurai Sanjuro – who prefers to spend his days drinking and sleeping – helps an idealistic group of young warriors to unmask an evil clan – in his own unique way. The nine, naïve samurai want to take the blame for a coup. The worldly Sanjuro warns them to not take their own morals so seriously as that makes them vulnerable. He teaches them to use their smarts instead of just hard work.
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Director
Akira Kurosawa
Production year
1962
Country
JP
Original title
Tsubaki sanjuro
Length
95 min.
Language
Japanese
Subtitles
ENG
Format
DCP, 35mm
Part of
Akira Kurosawa
After an absence of more than 30 years, Eye is bringing the films of one of Japan’s greatest filmmakers, Akira Kurosawa, to the big screen again, some in digitally restored versions. In his films, Kurosawa blends Japanese history and culture with literary and cinematic influences from the West.
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