Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Toshirô Mifune | ... | Sanjûrô Tsubaki / The Samurai | |
Tatsuya Nakadai | ... | Hanbei Muroto | |
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Keiju Kobayashi | ... | The Spy |
Yûzô Kayama | ... | Iori Izaka | |
Reiko Dan | ... | Chidori, Mutsuta's daughter | |
Takashi Shimura | ... | Kurofuji | |
Kamatari Fujiwara | ... | Takebayashi | |
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Takako Irie | ... | Mutsuta's wife |
Masao Shimizu | ... | Kikui | |
Yûnosuke Itô | ... | Mutsuta, the Chamberlain | |
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Akira Kubo | ... | Samurai |
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Hiroshi Tachikawa | ... | Samurai |
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Yoshio Tsuchiya | ... | Samurai |
Kunie Tanaka | ... | Samurai | |
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Tatsuyoshi Ehara | ... | Samurai |
A wandering samurai, Sanjuro, is drawn into local politics. The Superintendent of a clan is plotting to take over the clan by implicating the Chamberlain in corrupt activities (activities the Superintendent is actually responsible for). Part of the plan involves killing off the Chamberlain's staff and, in protecting them, Sanjuro sides with them. The supporters are massively outnumbered so it will require all of Sanjuro's cunning and swordcraft to ensure the Superintendent does not succeed in his evil plan. Written by grantss
In Japan circa Eighteenth Century, nine young men decide to present an accusation of corruption in their clan to the local superintendent. However, the group is betrayed, but the ronin Sanjûrô Tsubaki (Toshirô Mifune) saves them from the superintendent's men. The uncle of the leader of the rebel clansmen, the Chamberlain Mutsuta (Yûnosuke Itô), is kidnapped, and his wife and daughter are detained and made prisoner of the superintendent, and he tries to force Mutsuta to write a fake confession letter declaring being corrupt. Sanjûrô helps the group to rescue the Chamberlain and his family.
"Sanjûrô" is a funny adventure of master Akira Kurosawa. The story has great action scenes and jokes, excellent cinematography and performances, I like it but it is not among my favorite movies of Kurosawa. My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): "Sanjuro"