Rent Sanjuro (1962)
4.0 of 5 from 133 ratings
1h 35min
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- Synopsis:
- 'Sanjuro' was a film made in response to popular demand. The previous year Kurosawa had scored a huge critical and commercial hit for his own production company with Yojimbo, which introduced the character calling himself 'Sanjuro' (which means simply 'thirty years old'), the scruffy, mercenary, cynical ronin (masterless samurai) played by Toshiro Mifune. The public had taken this maverick figure to their hearts and demanded a sequel. Originally Kurosawa had planned to give the script to another director, Hiromichi Horikawa, but finally decided to take it on himself.
- Actors:
- Toshirô Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Keiju Kobayashi, Yûzô Kayama, Reiko Dan, Takashi Shimura, Kamatari Fujiwara, Takako Irie, Masao Shimizu, Yûnosuke Itô, Akira Kubo, Hiroshi Tachikawa, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Kunie Tanaka, Tatsuyoshi Ehara, Akihiko Hirata, Toranosuke Ogawa, Sachio Sakai, Kenzô Matsui, Toshiko Higuchi
- Directors:
- Akira Kurosawa
- Producers:
- Ryûzô Kikushima, Tomoyuki Tanaka
- Writers:
- Ryûzô Kikushima, Hideo Oguni, Akira Kurosawa, Shûgorô Yamamoto
- Aka:
- Tsubaki Sanjûrô
- Studio:
- BFI Video
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Classics, Comedy, Drama
- Collections:
- All the Twos: 1902-62, A Brief History of Film..., The Instant Expert's Guide, The Instant Expert's Guide to: Akira Kurosawa, Top 10 World Cinema Remakes, Top Films
- Countries:
- Japan
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 17/03/2025
- Run Time:
- 96 minutes
- Languages:
- Japanese DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Japanese LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Sword For Hire (2024, 25 mins): Kurosawa scholar Jasper Sharp discusses 'Yojimbo' and 'Sanjuro' in this analytical assessment
- Introduction to 'Sanjuro' (2003, 5 mins): filmmaker Alex Cox introduces 'Sanjuro'
- Newly recorded audio commentary on 'Sanjuro' by Japanese-Australian filmmaker Kenta McGrath
- Akira Kurosawa: It is Wonderful to Create - Sanjuro (2002, 35 mins): the film is examined in detail in this documentary study
- Out of the Dust Storm and Into the Koi Pond (2025, 18 mins): Nic Wassell considers the role of nature as a background to human machinations in both films
- Alex Cox on Kurosawa (2003, 9 mins): the director discusses the life and work of Akira Kurosawa Original trailers
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- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 17/03/2025
- Run Time:
- 96 minutes
- Languages:
- Japanese DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Japanese LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- DVD Regions:
- Region 0 (All)
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- Sword For Hire (2024, 25 mins): Kurosawa scholar Jasper Sharp discusses 'Yojimbo' and 'Sanjuro' in this analytical assessment
- Introduction to 'Sanjuro' (2003, 5 mins): filmmaker Alex Cox introduces 'Sanjuro'
- Newly recorded audio commentary on 'Sanjuro' by Japanese-Australian filmmaker Kenta McGrath
- Akira Kurosawa: It is Wonderful to Create - Sanjuro (2002, 35 mins): the film is examined in detail in this documentary study
- Out of the Dust Storm and Into the Koi Pond (2025, 18 mins): Nic Wassell considers the role of nature as a background to human machinations in both films
- Alex Cox on Kurosawa (2003, 9 mins): the director discusses the life and work of Akira Kurosawa Original trailers
- Image galleries
