Rent Sanjuro (1962)
4.0 of 5 from 133 ratings
1h 35min
- General info
- Available formats
- 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
- 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:
- 100 minutes
- Languages:
- Japanese
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- Newly recorded interview with Jasper Sharp (2024)
- Introduction to 'Sanjuro' by filmmaker Alex Cox (2003, 5 mins)
- Interview with filmmaker Alex Cox (2003, 9 mins)
- Original trailer
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 17/03/2025
- Run Time:
- 100 minutes
- Languages:
- Japanese
- Subtitles:
- English
- DVD Regions:
- Region 0 (All)
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- Newly recorded interview with Jasper Sharp (2024)
- Introduction to 'Sanjuro' by filmmaker Alex Cox (2003, 5 mins)
- Interview with filmmaker Alex Cox (2003, 9 mins)
- Original trailer
