Sanjuro

Sanjuro (Tsubaki Sanjuro original title (椿三十 ? ) is a Japanese film chanbara released in 1962, shot in black white by Akira Kurosawa . Toshiro Mifune interprets it again a ronin we've seen in a previous Film director, The Bodyguard . The scenario is based on a novel by Shugoro Yamamoto , Days of Peace, and combines action and comedy elements.

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Nine young samurai decide to tackle corruption in their clan. Their candor and naivety calls a vagabond samurai, but experienced a natural down-to-earth and cynical. This will avoid certain death by offering his help.

Their goal is to free the chamberlain of the clan, captured by their fault. First, the small group delivers the wife and daughter of the chamberlain, held captive in their home. When the woman asks the chamberlain its name to the wandering samurai, this one looks around and seeing the camellias, answers "Tsubaki Sanjuro," which literally means camellia and thirty; a nickname that causes hilarity in the group.

After various adventures, Sanjuro - who sympathized with a henchman corrupt vassals ( Tatsuya Nakadai ) - decide to enter in the opposing camp to find out where the chamberlain was imprisoned. But the ardor of his young companions will force him to improvise.

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 * Photography: Fukuzo Koizumi and Takao Saito
 * Music: Masaru Sato
 * Language: Japanese