---
title: 'Sanjuro (1962)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Akira Kurosawa'
released: '1962-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 96
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/sanjuro-1962'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056443/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Sanjuro (1962)

1962 · 96 min · Drama, War · Japan

Original title: 椿三十郎

## Synopsis

Sanjuro  is a 1962 Japanese jidaigeki film directed, co-written and edited by Akira Kurosawa, starring Toshiro Mifune. It is a sequel to Kurosawa's 1961 Yojimbo.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Akira Kurosawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/akira-kurosawa)
- **Screenplay:** [Akira Kurosawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/akira-kurosawa), [Hideo Oguni](https://cinepixo.com/people/hideo-oguni)
- **Editor:** [Akira Kurosawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/akira-kurosawa)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Masaru Sato](https://cinepixo.com/people/masaru-sato)
- **Producer:** [Ryūzō Kikushima](https://cinepixo.com/people/ryuzo-kikushima)

## Cast

- [Reiko Dan](https://cinepixo.com/people/reiko-dan)
- [Yūnosuke Itō](https://cinepixo.com/people/yunosuke-ito)
- [Akira Kubo](https://cinepixo.com/people/akira-kubo)
- [Keiju Kobayashi](https://cinepixo.com/people/keiju-kobayashi)
- [Takako Irie](https://cinepixo.com/people/takako-irie)
- [Tatsuya Nakadai](https://cinepixo.com/people/tatsuya-nakadai)
- [Kamatari Fujiwara](https://cinepixo.com/people/kamatari-fujiwara)
- [Masao Shimizu](https://cinepixo.com/people/masao-shimizu)
- [Yūzō Kayama](https://cinepixo.com/people/yuzo-kayama)
- [Toshirō Mifune](https://cinepixo.com/people/toshiro-mifune)
- [Takashi Shimura](https://cinepixo.com/people/takashi-shimura)
- [Hiroshi Tachikawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/hiroshi-tachikawa)

## Criticism on CinePixo

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/sanjuro-1962
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