A scruffy master-less samurai decides to help a group of young warriors whose leader was taken captive by a gang of ambitious officers.
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Yûji Oda | ... | Sanjûrô Tsubaki |
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Makoto Fujita | ... | Mr. Mutsuta |
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Shin'yû Fujiwara | ||
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Tsuyoshi Hayashi | ... | Bunji Terada |
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Ichitaro | ... | Kunie Hogawa |
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Yoshihiro Kasuya | ... | Shin Kawahara |
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Morio Kazama | ... | Takebayashi |
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Nenji Kobayashi | ... | Kurofuji |
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Yukichi Kobayashi | ... | Kakuzo Hatta |
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Miyuki Komagata | ||
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Chisato Morishita | ||
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Eri Murakawa | ... | Koiso |
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Michita Nagatsuka | ||
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Tamao Nakamura | ... | Mrs. Mutsuta |
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A scruffy master-less samurai decides to help a group of young warriors whose leader was taken captive by a gang of ambitious officers.
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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- hopeless young samurai rescue their chamberlain from a group of corrupt officials. There's a lot of bloodless sword action, though the sound effects are pretty descriptive. Director Yoshimitsu Morita gives the film a light touch, and it flows by quickly, which is perfect for this generation. And if it makes them want to see Kurosawa's originals, so much the better.