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Sanjuro

Poster for Sanjuro
Released
31 Dec 1961
Runtime
96 min
Japanese title
椿三十郎
Tsubaki Sanjûrô
Tsubaki Sanjuro
Source
Everyday Peace
Screenplay by Yamamoto Shûgurô
Series
No. 2
Yojimbo Series
  1. Yojimbo (1961)
  2. Sanjuro (1962)

Preceded by Yojimbo (1961)
Studio
Toho Co., Ltd., Kurosawa Productions
Staff
Director
Producer
Tanaka Tomoyuki
Kikushima Ryûzô
Screenplay
Kikushima Ryûzô
Oguni Hideo
Kurosawa Akira
Photography
Koizumi Fukuzô
Saitô Takao
Art
Muraki Yoshirô
Sound
Onuma Wataru
Lighting
Inohara Ichirô
Music
Assistant Director
Moritani Shirô
Swordmaster
Kuze Ryû
Credits
製作Producer
田中友幸Tanaka Tomoyuki
菊島隆三Kikushima Ryûzô
山本周五郎作 『日々平安』よりFrom Yamamoto Shûgorô’s Work “Everyday Peace”
脚本Screenplay
菊島隆三Kikushima Ryûzô
小国英雄Oguni Hideo
黒澤明Kurosawa Akira
撮影Photography
小泉福造Koizumi Fukuzô
斎藤孝雄Saitô Takao
美術Art
村木与四郎Muraki Yoshirô
録音Recording
小沼渡Onuma Wataru
照明Lighting
猪原一郎Inohara Ichirô
音楽Music
佐藤勝Satô Masaru
整音Dubbing
下永尚Shimonaga Hisashi
監督助手Assistant Director
森谷司郎Moritani Shirô
現像Developing
キヌタ・ラボラトリーKinuta Laboratory
製作担当者Production Manager
根津博Nezu Hiroshi
出演者Performers
三船敏郎Mifune Toshirô
仲代達矢Nakadai Tatsuya
小林桂樹Kobayashi Keiju
加山雄三Kayama Yûzô
団令子Dan Reiko
志村喬Shimura Takashi
藤原釜足Fujiwara Kamatari
入江たか子Irie Takako
清水将夫Shimizu Masao
伊藤雄之助Itô Yûnosuke
久保明Kubo Akira
太刀川寛Tachikawa Hiroshi
土屋嘉男Tsuchiya Yoshio
田中邦衛Tanaka Kunie
江原達怡Ehara Tatsuyoshi
平田昭彦Hirata Akihiko
小川虎之助Ogawa Toranosuke
堺左千夫Sakai Sachio
松井鍵三Matsui Kenzô
樋口年子Higuchi Toshiko
波里達彦Hari Teruhiko
佐田豊Sada Yutaka
清水元Shimizu Gen
大友伸Ôtomo Shin
広瀬正一Hirose Shôichi
伊藤実Itô Minoru
宇留耕司Ujito Kôji
山口博義Yamaguchi Hiroyoshi
大橋史典Ôhashi Fuminori
剣技指導Swordsmanship Instruction
久世竜Kuze Ryû
監督Director
黒澤明Kurosawa Akira
Cast

Top billed

Nakadai Tatsuya
Muroto Hanbei
Nakadai Tatsuya
Kayama Yûzô
Isaka Iori
Kayama Yûzô
Dan Reiko
Chidori
Dan Reiko
Irie Takako
Mutsuta's Wife
Irie Takako
Shimizu Masao
Kikui Rokurôbei
Shimizu Masao
Itô Yûnosuke
Mutsuta
Itô Yûnosuke
Tanaka Kunie
Yasukawa Kunie
Tanaka Kunie
Ebara Tatsuyoshi
Sekiguchi Shingo
Ebara Tatsuyoshi
Ogawa Toranosuke
Kurofuji's Manservant
Ogawa Toranosuke
Matsui Kenzô
Hatta Kakuzô
Matsui Kenzô
Higuchi Toshiko
Koiso
Higuchi Toshiko
Hari Tatsuhiko
Morishima Hironoshin
Hari Tatsuhiko

Supporting

Iwamoto Kôji
Kikui Samurai
Iwamoto Kôji · uncredited
Home Video

DVD

Sanjuro
Criterion Collection · 1999
Sanjuro
Criterion Collection · 2007
  • Audio Commentary by Stephen Prince
  • "Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create" Documentary
Yojimbo / Sanjuro: Two Samurai Films By Akira Kurosawa
Criterion Collection · 2007
With Yojimbo (1961)
  • Audio Commentary by Stephen Prince
  • "Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create" Documentary
AK 100: 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa
Criterion Collection · 2009
Box set · 25 films

Blu-ray

Yojimbo / Sanjuro
Criterion Collection · 2010
With Yojimbo (1961)
  • Audio Commentary by Stephen Prince
  • "Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create" Documentary

4K

Yojimbo / Sanjuro: Two Samurai Films by Akira Kurosawa
Criterion Collection · 2025
With Yojimbo (1961)
  • Audio Commentary by Stephen Prince
  • "Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create" Documentary