Sanjuro (1962)

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Akira Kurosawa Director previously directed Yojimbo

Sanjuro is a 1962 samurai film directed by Akira Kurosawa and featuring Toshiro Mifune and Tatsuya Nakadai. It is a sequel to the 1961 Kurosawa film, Yojimbo. Mifune once again plays the role of the ronin who must fight evil and corruption.
Quote: Mutsuta's Wife

You're too sharp. That's your trouble. You're like a drawn sword. Sharp, naked without a sheath. You cut well. But good swords are kept in their sheaths.

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Cast
Toshirō Mifune Sanjûrô Tsubaki
Tatsuya Nakadai Hanbei Muroto
Keiju Kobayashi The Spy
Yuzo Kayama Iori Izaka
Reiko Dan Chidori, Mutsutas daughter
Takashi Shimura Kurofuji
Kamatari Fujiwara Takebayashi
Takako Irie Mutsutas wife
Masao Shimizu Kikui
Yûnosuke Itô Mutsuta, the Chamberlain
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Name Sanjuro
US Release May 7, 1962
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Runtime 96
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Japanese
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Action
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period piece
Rating PG-13
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