Event Details
Toshiro Mifune returns as the jaded, witty ronin Sanjuro in this sequel following the massive success of its predecessor, Yojimbo (1961), with a story adapted from a short novel by Shugoro Yamamoto. Sanjuro reluctantly joins a group of naive young samurai determined to fight against corrupt high officials, including their own lord chamberlain. Another masterful samurai classic by Kurosawa, Sanjuro challenges the earnestness of the samurai genre with this playful, accessible tale.
Academy Museum film programming generously funded by the Richard Roth Foundation.
1962 | 95 min. | Japan | Black-and-White | Japanese with English subtitles | Not Rated | 35mm.
DIRECTED BY: Akira Kurosawa
WRITTEN BY: Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Ryuzo Kikushima
WITH: Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Keiju Kobayashi, Yuzo Kayama