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63% Critic Match
Tsubaki Sanjuro
“A scruffy master-less samurai decides to help a group of young warriors whose leader was taken captive by a gang of ambitious officers.”
6.3 / 10• 2007• 1h 59m•NR• Japanese
HistoryActionDrama
Storyline
"Tsubaki Sanjuro" is a remake of Sanjuro (1962) by Akira Kurosawa. Sanjuro returns with sharper, faster, subtler sword, talking and perception. He uses them to settle the trouble and uses them good!
Cast & Crew
Yuji Oda
Sanjuro Tsubaki
Lead
Tsuyoshi Hayashi
Bunji Terada
Kenichi Matsuyama
Iori Isaka
Makoto Fujita
Mr. Mutsuta
SF
Shin'yû Fujiwara
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Ichitaro
Kunie Hogawa
YK
Yoshihiro Kasuya
Shin Kawahara
Morio Kazama
Takebayashi
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Yoshimitsu Morita's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Tsubaki Sanjuro is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
