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Sanjuro (1962)

Directed by Akira Kurosawa · Cinematography by Fukuzo Koizumi, Takao Saitō

96 min61 frames

DramaActionComedy

You cut well, but the best sword stays in its sheath!

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Sanjuro (1962) movie still: closeup — A close-up of a man positioned against a paneled wood wall with vertical grain. The man turns his head…Sanjuro (1962) movie still: medium — A group of men with traditional hairstyles look out from behind large wooden planks. The scene is presented in…Sanjuro (1962) movie still: fullbody — A quiet village path lined with traditional wooden structures under darkness. Three samurai stand in the…Sanjuro (1962) movie still: medium — A man stands in a dense, tall grass field outdoors. He is facing the camera, positioned against the blurred…Sanjuro (1962) movie still: medium — Three men in traditional samurai clothing sit in a formal Japanese interior space. The men are arranged in a…Sanjuro (1962) movie still: fullbody — A man stands before a massive, reinforced wooden fortress gate with decorative metal studs. He pauses near…Sanjuro (1962) movie still: fullbody — A group of men in traditional Japanese clothing kneel on a wooden floor. They face a figure standing with a…Sanjuro (1962) movie still: wide — A group of samurai men wait in a wooden building, viewed through thick camellia bushes. The foreground is heavily…Sanjuro (1962) movie still: fullbody — A group of men in traditional Japanese robes walk across a barren dirt landscape. The foreground man leads…Sanjuro (1962) movie still: establishing — A traditional wooden Japanese structure with latticed windows sits nestled between tall dark trees. The…Sanjuro (1962) movie still: medium — A traditional room features dark wooden lattice walls and shadowed corners. A man stands between two people as…Sanjuro (1962) movie still: medium — A man stands in front of a wooden slatted door and a large stone. He is bound with thick ropes while looking…Sanjuro (1962) movie still: medium — A woman stands indoors against a dark wooden wall and a shoji screen. She looks directly toward the viewer with…Sanjuro (1962) movie still: wide — A traditional Japanese room features tatami flooring and paper walls with calligraphic scrolls hung. Twelve…Sanjuro (1962) movie still: medium — Multiple samurai sit in a dark room seen through the wooden grid of a screen. Each man occupies a separate…Sanjuro (1962) movie still: wide — A traditional wooden Japanese building exterior features paper shoji doors and a covered veranda. Three samurai…
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Sanjuro — official trailer

What is Sanjuro about?

Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa's tightly paced, beautifully composed "Sanjuro." In this 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.

Where can you watch Sanjuro?

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What does the cinematography of Sanjuro look like?

Sampled across 61 frames, the coverage of Sanjuro leans on medium shots (59% of the sample) and wide compositions (21%). Cinematographer Fukuzo Koizumi keeps 57% of it in soft, naturalistic light. This is largely a daylight film — 64% of the frames play in daylight. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 82% of the frames. The production design places the film in the 1900s and 1910s.

What is the color palette of Sanjuro?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Sanjuro (1962) are #020202, #8b8b8b, #2e2e2e, #cacaca, #494949, #fdfdfd — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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  • #2e2e2e
  • #cacaca
  • #494949
  • #fdfdfd

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