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Sanjuro

Tsubaki Sanjûrô

1962

Akira Kurosawa

Toshirô Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Keiju Kobayashi, Yûzô Kayama ...

7.7

4,544

Action. Adventure 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, ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Bosley Crowther The New York Times	"While it is startling and refreshing, it isn't brought off with thorough success (...) It is awfully hard to follow who is conspiring against whom."	NEU
United Kingdom	David Parkinson Empire	"[A] splendid samurai satire (...) Kurosawa approached his trademark theme of illusion and reality with typical conviction (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Dave Kehr Chicago Reader	"This is fun but, compared with Kurosawa's other 60s efforts, relatively slight."	NEU
United States	Variety	"The charm of this fascinating Toho production, stylishly directed by Akira Kurosawa, is the personality of the hero, powerfully played by Toshiro Mifune."	POS
United Kingdom	Tony Rayns Time Out	"His funniest and least overtly didactic film (...) Kurosawa plays most of it for laughs by expertly parodying the conventions of Japanese period action movies"	POS
United States	Rob Humanick Slant	"A delightful excursion (...) 'Sanjuro's cinematic modesty (...) wisely never attempts to one-up its predecessor (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Rob Mackie The Guardian	"Mifune's slob is deceptive, and the film builds slowly to a shattering ending (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Noel Murray AV Club	"The movie’s final battle sequence is one of the most exciting full-scale swordfights in cinema history"	POS

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