Ein gerissener Samurai hilft einem jungen Mann und seinen Stammesgenossen, seinen Onkel zu retten, der von einem korrupten Superintendenten reingelegt und eingesperrt wurde.Ein gerissener Samurai hilft einem jungen Mann und seinen Stammesgenossen, seinen Onkel zu retten, der von einem korrupten Superintendenten reingelegt und eingesperrt wurde.Ein gerissener Samurai hilft einem jungen Mann und seinen Stammesgenossen, seinen Onkel zu retten, der von einem korrupten Superintendenten reingelegt und eingesperrt wurde.
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This is a funnier movie than Yojimbo. Sanjuro does battle more with his brains than with his sword. The best swords are kept in their sheaths. However there is that great scene of drawing of the swords at the end. The guy imprisoned in the closet has a good funny scene. It's a very good sequel to Yojimbo with a funnier tone.
I can't quite decide which one is better. I think I enjoyed this one just a tiny bit more.
Toshiro Mifune really is one of he most badass actors of all time
But to say that it is not one of Kurosawa's very best is not entirely a dis-service to him. One flaw for me was that the story was not very clear on the first viewing, or at least as clear as what I'm used to from him (then again, the samurai genre is one I've only started to dig into). But a second viewing brought it clearer, and was even more suspenseful and amusing. That it is not as satirical (or perhaps it is) than what I had heard is not a minus however. The best that can be said that it is highly watchable, and could grow on those looking for a samurai film with more based on character than on immediate, flowing blood-shed and carnage. The least that can be said is that it does not compromise artistry and thoughtfulness for mediocrity. Grade: A
Sanjuro is a loose sequel to the classic Yojimbo. The character is back, as is, confusingly, Tatsuya Nakadai as a completely different character. The landscape and tone are entirely new, lighter, jollier. It is almost a spoof of its predecessor,as Mifune's nonchalant and perpetually unwashed antihero helps a group of goody- two-shoes samurai save their framed master. This is also the first on-screen collaboration between Toshiro Mifune and the young Yuzo Kayama, before they costared to such memorable effect on Redbeard.
Nobody spoofs Kurosawa better than the man himself: this is without a doubt his funniest film, yet he never treats it as a second-class product. No slouch, the director peppers this light romp with unforgettable visual flourishes, enraptured homages to the American Westerns that so inspired him, and an end-note of surprising violence, the likes of which Tarantino could only dream of.
At a fast-paced 96 minutes, this is probably a great entry point into the cinema of Akira Kurosawa, and a film that would be much more highly regarded had it not come from such an established filmmaker.
The film lacks the meticulous visual style of Yojimbo, but it is very well photographed, with some extremely fluid cinematography and those effortlessly artful group compositions that only Kurosawa seems to be able to do. The plot is a little exposition-heavy, but it's always swift-moving and never comes close to taking itself seriously.
Watching Toshiro slice apart all those enemies in the various battle scenes with nary a bloodstain in sight, I did find myself wishing the folks at Toho had sprung for a few squibs. But all is set right in the brilliant final swordfight, which is worth the price of admission.
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- WissenswertesMutsuta's wife (portrayed by Takako Iris) is shown to have blackened teeth. This was a customary Japanese way of signifying that a woman was married, especially fashionable with courtiers in the Imperial Court. This practice is known as ohaguro.
- PatzerThe three enemies who surrender are kept in a room with chicken wire / poultry mesh stretched across the door. This was invented in England in 1844 and did not exist in the era or place depicted in the film.
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Mutsuta's wife: You glisten too brightly.
Sanjûrô Tsubaki: Glisten?
Mutsuta's wife: Yes. Like a drawn sword.
Sanjûrô Tsubaki: A drawn sword?
Mutsuta's wife: You're like a sword without a sheath. You cut well, but the best sword is kept in its sheath.
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Box Office
- Bruttoertrag in den USA und Kanada
- 46.808 $
- Eröffnungswochenende in den USA und in Kanada
- 15.942 $
- 28. Juli 2002
- Weltweiter Bruttoertrag
- 65.090 $
- Laufzeit
- 1 Std. 36 Min.(96 min)
- Farbe
- Seitenverhältnis
- 2.35 : 1