Sanjuro
1962 · Movie · 96 min. · Japan
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.
Direction Akira Kurosawa
Cast Toshirô Mifune · Tatsuya Nakadai · Keiju Kobayashi · Yûzô Kayama · Reiko Dan · Takashi Shimura · Kamatari Fujiwara · Masao Shimizu · Takako Irie · Yûnosuke Itô · Akira Kubo · Hiroshi Tachikawa · Yoshio Tsuchiya · Kunie Tanaka · Tatsuyoshi Ehara · Akihiko Hirata · Toranosuke Ogawa · Sachio Sakai · Kenzô Matsui · Toshiko Higuchi · Tatsuhiko Namisato · Yutaka Sada
Soundtrack Masaru Satô
Screenplay Akira Kurosawa · Ryuzo Kikushima · Hideo Oguni
Cinematography Fukuzo Koizumi · Takao Saito
Original title Tsubaki Sanjûrô
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