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7 May 1963 (USA) morePlot:
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 synopsisAwards:
1 win moreNewsDesk:
(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)
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Excellent - Superb - A Masterpiece moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Toshirô Mifune | ... | Sanjûrô Tsubaki / The Samurai | |
| Tatsuya Nakadai | ... | Hanbei Muroto | |
| Keiju Kobayashi | ... | The Spy | |
| Yuzo 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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96 minCountry:
JapanLanguage:
JapaneseColour:
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2.35 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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-13Fun Stuff
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For the "explosion of blood" in the final duel, chocolate syrup was mixed with carbonated water and put under 30 pounds of pressure. moreGoofs:
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. moreFAQ
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Akira Kurosawa is probably the best Director in the entire History of film-making. He has not been that prolific given the amount of time he has spent making films, but many of these have subsequently been remade - Seven Samurai became the magnificent seven. Yoijimbo (the prequel to this one) became A fistful of dollars - and more recently last man standing. The hidden Fortress became Star Wars. Sanjuro marked the return of Toshiro Mifune as the Sardonic Ronin from Yoijimbo. Yet again, the photography is excellent - the period costumes and buildings beautiful to look at even in black and white. From one of the first scenes, in the grounds outside the Shrine, Mifune shows a 500% improvement in the art of Kenjutso - he must have been practicing night and day! But it is the character of Sanjuro itself that makes the film so absorbing. He is on the surface, a dirty, disrespectful abrasive man - but his deeds portray him as a hero - someone who once was a shining example of a Samurai and despite being put through the ringer still holds to a deeply rooted code of honor. When this shows however, he is most anxious to cover it up again..... The film involves a power struggle within a small city in Japan between the old faction and the new power-hungry one. It deals with false perceptions and truth. Two of the tenets that are at the heart of Kurosawa's films. This is a Gem - rent it - if you can, Buy it!