Sanjuro

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Tsubaki Sanjūrō
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Directed by	Akira Kurosawa
Produced by	Ryuzo Kikushima Tomoyuki Tanaka
Written by	Ryuzo Kikushima Akira Kurosawa
Starring	Toshirô Mifune Tatsuya Nakadai Keiju Kobayashi Yuzo Kayama
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Distributed by	Toho Company Ltd.
Released	January 1 1962 (Japan)
Running time	96 min.
Language	Japanese
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Tsubaki Sanjūrō (better known as Sanjuro in the West) is a 1962 black and white Japanese film directed by Akira Kurosawa. It is a sequel to his earlier film Yojimbo.

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1 Plot summary
2 Personnel
3 External links

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Plot summary

Based on Shugoro Yamamoto's novel Peaceful Days, the film tells the story of a group of loyal but hapless samurai who are trying to rescue their master, the Chamberlain, from the clutches of a ruthless rival. Their initial impulsive rescue attempts fail, and they seem to be doomed until the scruffy but brilliant swordfighter Sanjuro (played by Mifune) offers his help. Mifune's Sanjuro is an anti-hero — a shabby, cynical character, who perplexes the samurai to whose aid he comes, challenging their ideas about their calling.

The film combines action and humour, and is lighter in tone than its predecessor, Yojimbo, which was the inspiration for Sergio Leone's film A Fistful of Dollars.

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