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Akira Kurosawa: Sanjuro (New 4K Restoration)

Japan | 1962 | 95 min. | Akira Kurosawa

Opens July 28, 2025

Akira Kurosawa: A Retrospective

Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Akira Kurosawa's tightly paced, beautifully composed companion piece to Yojimbo. New 4K restoration.

Tickets

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Monday, July 28, 2025

SIFF Cinema Downtown

6:00 PM

Wednesday, August 13, 2025

SIFF Cinema Downtown

5:00 PM

Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Akira Kurosawa's tightly paced, beautifully composed Sanjuro. In this sly companion piece to Yojimbo, jaded samurai Sanjuro helps an idealistic group of young warriors weed out their clan's evil influences, and in the process turns their image of a "proper" samurai on its ear. Less brazen in tone than its predecessor but equally entertaining, this classic character's return is a masterpiece in its own right.

  • Director: Akira Kurosawa
  • Principal Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Keiju Kobayashi, Yuzo Kayama
  • Country: Japan
  • Year: 1962
  • Running Time: 95 min.
  • Producer: Tomoyuki Tanaka, Ryuzo Kikushima
  • Screenplay: Ryuzo Kikushima, Hideo Oguni, Akira Kurosawa
  • Cinematographers: Fukuzo Koizumi, Takao Saito
  • Music: Masaru Sato
  • Filmography: Ran (1985), Kagemusha (1980), Red Beard (1965), High and Low (1963), Sanjuro (1962), Yojimbo (1961), The Hidden Fortress (1958), Throne of Blood (1957), Seven Samurai (1954), Ikiru (1952), Rashomon (1950), Stray Dog (1949), Drunken Angel (1948)
  • Language: Japanese
  • Has Subtitles: Yes
  • Format: 4K DCP
  • US Distributor: Janus Films