Sanjuro
is a 1962 Japanese jidaigeki film directed, co-written and edited by Akira Kurosawa, starring Toshiro Mifune. It is a sequel to Kurosawa's 1961 Yojimbo.
Plot
Nine young samurai believe that the lord chamberlain, Mutsuta, is corrupt after he tore up their petition against fraud at court. One of them tells the superintendent Kikui of this and he agrees to intervene. As the nine meet secretly to discuss this at a shrine, a rōnin overhears and cautions them against trusting the superintendent. While at first they do not believe him, he saves them from an ambush. But as their rescuer is about to leave, he realises that Mutsuta and his family must now be in danger and decides to stay and help.
More details
| author | Akira Kurosawa Hideo Oguni |
|---|---|
| director | Akira Kurosawa |
| editor | Akira Kurosawa |
| keywords | abduct being followed camellia capture corrupt official float follow hara-kiri kill report rescue rōnin rush samurai sleep tie up warn |
| musicBy | Masaru Sato |
| producer | Ryūzō Kikushima Tomoyuki Tanaka |
| productionCompany | Kurosawa Production Toho |
| publisher | Toho |
| recordedAt | Japan |
| theme | japanese jidaigeki sequel trick |