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Sanjuro (Criterion Collection)

 

  Written, Edited and Directed by Akira Kurosawa

Japan 1962 / Adventure / Samurai / 96 min / B&W/ Monaural / 2.35:1 Widescreen Anamorphic / NTSC /  In Japanese with Optional Thai and English Subtitles

Toshiro Mifune, Yuzo Kayama , Tatsuya Nakadai , Keiju Kobayashi, Reiko Dan, Takashi Shimura

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, the 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 just as engaging, this classic character’s return is a masterpiece in its own right, now presented in a new high-definition digital transfer.

 
       

Bonus Features: All-new, restored high-definition digital transfer
Optional Dolby Digital 3.0 soundtrack, preserving the original Perspecta simulated-stereo effects
Audio commentary by film historian and Kurosawa scholar Stephen Prince
A 35-minute documentary on the making of Sanjuro, created as part of the Toho Masterworks series Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create
Theatrical trailer and teaser
Stills gallery of behind-the-scenes photos