Sanjuro

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Sanjuro is a 1962 Japanese samurai film directed by Akira Kurosawa, serving as a sequel to Yojimbo and known for its blend of action, humor, and social satire.

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Sanjuro canonical 3
Tsubaki Sanjuro 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese film
film
jidaigeki film
samurai film
alternateTitle Tsubaki Sanjuro
linked to: Sanjuro

椿三十郎
basedOn Hibi Heian
short story by Shugoro Yamamoto
cinematographyBy Fukuzo Koizumi
linked to: Hajime Koizumi
colorProcess black-and-white
consideredClassicOf Japanese cinema of the 1960s
samurai cinema
countryOfOrigin Japan
director Akira Kurosawa
distributedIn Japan
distributor Toho
editedBy Akira Kurosawa
featuresCharacter Sanjuro Tsubaki
filmFormat 35 mm
followsCharacter Toshiro Mifune’s nameless ronin
genre action
comedy
samurai
social satire
hasCultFollowing true
hasTheme corruption in samurai bureaucracy
idealism versus pragmatism
violence and restraint
musicBy Masaru Sato
notableFor blend of action and humor
social satire of corruption
originalLanguage Japanese
partOfFilmographyOf Akira Kurosawa
Toshiro Mifune
linked to: Toshirō Mifune
productionCompany Toho
releaseDateInJapan 1962-01-01
releaseYear 1962
runtimeMinutes 96
screenwriter Akira Kurosawa
Ryuzo Kikushima
sequelTo Yojimbo
setInPeriod late Edo period
linked to: Edo period
starring Keiju Kobayashi
Takashi Shimura
Tatsuya Nakadai
Toshiro Mifune
linked to: Toshirō Mifune

Yuzo Kayama

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Akira Kurosawa notableWork Sanjuro
Sanjuro alternateTitle Tsubaki Sanjuro
linked to: Sanjuro
Yojimbo hasSequel Sanjuro
Toshirō Mifune notableWork Sanjuro