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Sanjuro

Sanjuro

Comedy Drama Action

1962, Movie, 1h 36min

In response to the huge critical and commercial success of Yojimbo, Kurosawa and Mifune re-teamed a year later to make Sanjuro, a hilarious comedy of manners altogether more light-hearted than its predecessor. The story has Sanjuro (Mifune) running lazy rings around nine naïve and clean-cut samurai and two genteel ladies, whilst also cleaning up a spot of corruption in local government. Whilst Kurosawa plays most of it for laughs, expertly parodying the conventions of Japanese period action films, he stages a startling switch of mood with an intense finale which may well be the briefest and most breath-taking duel in the history of cinema.

Country: Japan

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Cast:

Toshirō Mifune,

Takashi Shimura,

Tatsuya Nakadai,

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8.0

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Critic David Parkinson

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8

...splendid samurai satire...

Read full review at Empire

Critic Rob Mackie

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8

Mifune's slob is deceptive, and the film builds slowly to a shattering ending.

Read full review at The Guardian

Michael Thomsen

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7

Ikke så god som Yojimbo/Livvagten, lidt sløv 2'er. Men hey - det er Toshiro Mifune. Han er sej!

3 years ago

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