Sanjuro

Sanjuro
Theatrical release poster
Japanese name
Kanji椿三十郎
Transcriptions
Revised HepburnTsubaki Sanjūrō
Directed byAkira Kurosawa
Screenplay by
Based onHibi Heian
by Shugoro Yamamoto
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography
Edited byAkira Kurosawa
Music byMasaru Sato[1]
Production
companies
Distributed byToho
Release date
  • January 1, 1962 (1962-01-01) (Japan)
Running time
95 minutes[1]
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box office¥450.1 million (Japan rentals)

Sanjuro (Japanese: 椿三十郎, Hepburn: Tsubaki Sanjūrō) 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.[2]

Originally an adaptation of the Shūgorō Yamamoto novel Hibi Heian, the script was altered following the success of the previous year's Yojimbo to incorporate the lead character of that film.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Galbraith IV 2008, p. 188.
  2. ^ "Sanjuro". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 3 March 2021.