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Tsubaki Sanjûrô

Tsubaki Sanjûrô

2007Movie⏱️ 1h 59m
ActionDramaHistory
5.7
IMDB Rating
232 votes

A scruffy, masterless samurai decides to help a group of young warriors whose leader was taken captive by a gang of ambitious officers.

Director
Yoshimitsu Morita
Writers
Ryûzô Kikushima, Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni
Stars
Yûji Oda, Makoto Fujita, Shin'yû Fujiwara
Release Date
December 1, 2007
Language
Japanese
Country
Japan
💬 1
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

👤
Yûji Oda
as Sanjûrô Tsubaki
👤
Makoto Fujita
as Mr. Mutsuta
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Shin'yû Fujiwara
👤
Tsuyoshi Hayashi
as Bunji Terada
👤
Ichitaro
as Kunie Hogawa
👤
Yoshihiro Kasuya
as Shin Kawahara
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Morio Kazama
as Takebayashi
👤
Nenji Kobayashi
as Kurofuji
👤
Yukichi Kobayashi
as Kakuzo Hatta
👤
Miyuki Komagata

💰 Box Office

$9,712,753
Worldwide Gross

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
2.35 : 1
Sound
Dolby Digital
Color
Color
Production
Asahi Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), Avex Entertainment, Fields

🏷️ Keywords

younggroupbased on novel

🎯 Categories

JapaneseActionDramaHistory

⭐ Featured Review

Sometimes remakes are needed.
by rowerivers2013-08-20
6/10

"The sad truth is very few Japanese under 35 have seen a Kurosawa movie. They just aren't interested in something so old-fashioned. With this in mind, it's actually a good thing that they remade this movie. Sure, it pales in comparison to the original. But it is very entertaining – especially if you haven't seen the original. Yuji Oda, one of the top stars in Japan, has a lot of fun playing the scruffy master-less samurai who calls himself Tsubaki Sanjuro (the thirty-year- old Camelia). He's rude and cynical and domineering, but still willing to help the innocent-but- hopele..."

💡 Did You Know?

The film uses the same screenplay as Sanjuro (1962).

📖 Synopsis

A scruffy, masterless samurai decides to help a group of young warriors whose leader was taken captive by a gang of ambitious officers.