Title information taken from the disc surface and the container. Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Keiju Kobayashi, Yuzo Kayama, Reiko Dan. Originally produced as a motion picture in Japan in 1962. Based on the novel Peaceful days by Shugoro Yamamoto. Sequel to Yojimbo. Special features: audio commentaries by Kurosawa scholar Stephen Prince; documentaries on the making of Yojimbo and Sanjuro, created as part of the Toho masterworks series, "Akira Kurosawa : it is wonderful to create;" theatrical teasers and trailers; stills galleries of behind-the-scenes photos; and a booklet featuring essays by film writers Alexander Sesonske and Michael Sragow and comments from Kurosawa and members of his casts and crews.
Summary:
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.
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