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Thanks to perhaps the most indelible character in Akira Kurosawa’s oeuvre, Yojimbo surpassed even Seven Samurai in popularity when it was released. The masterless samurai Sanjuro, who slyly manipulates two warring clans to his own advantage in a small, dusty village, was so entertainingly embodied by the brilliant Toshiro Mifune that it was only a matter of time before he returned in a sequel.
Sanjuro decides to get closer to the corrupt officials and joins their henchman Hanbei, who had previously offered him a job after the ambush at the shrine. Although the samurai distrustfully decide to keep watch on him, Sanjuro realises he is being followed as he walks along with Hanbei, and their shadows are easily captured and bound.
Sanjuro does not enjoy killing for the sake of killing. When the interference of three of the naïve samurai forces his hand, he slaps the samurai across the face because he is angry that they ...
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- Toshiro Mifune
- Akira Kurosawa
- Adventure, Action
Dec 1, 2019 · There is a definite shift in tone, with Sanjuro being lighter, brighter, more relaxed and more openly humorous than the often gritty and even grotesque Yojimbo had been. Gone were also many of the influences taken from the western and noir genres, with Sanjuro being a more direct samurai movie than its predecessor. It is, for these reasons ...
Sep 1, 2013 · Sanjuro, in comparison, is much lighter, brighter, relaxed and openly humorous. It is also a more direct samurai film, with less influence from the likes of John Ford and Dashiell Hammett. Sanjuro is in fact perfectly summed up by Stuart Galbraith IV, who in his Kurosawa-Mifune biography writes that it “is a lightweight film, but as ...
Tsubaki Sanjuro is not quite the masterpiece of a Seven Samurai, but it is better than the average period samurai adventure picture. Full Review | Mar 17, 2023 Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review
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Jun 15, 2022 · Kurosawa Akira’s Sanjuro (1962) ends with what must surely be the briefest, and most breathtaking, duel in all cinema. Two samurai swordsmen face up to each other, motionless, gazing into each other’s eyes, for all of 20 seconds. Then… they draw; and from the chest of one of them there spouts a huge gout of blood. It’s all over in ...
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