Sanjuro DVD

'Sanjuro' Director: Akira Kurosawa (1962) BFI DVD | Japanese w/ English subtitles | Includes introduction and interview with filmmaker Alex Cox, and essay by film historian and critic Philip Kemp.

Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa's tightly paced, beautifully composed companion piece and sequel 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.