Review – Sanjuro

Toshiro Mifune’s character from Yojimbo lives again in this tale of corruption, justice, and a whole lot of swordfighting. This one’s a bit more philosophical than the first one, though it’s still not the kind of “think piece” Kurosawa would do later in his career. It also has more of a sense of humor than the first one; though not a comedy by any stretch of the imagination, there are pauses here and there for a little comic relief. And the technical quality is better as well, or at the very least the print used by the Criterion Collection to do the DVD was in much better shape. Still, the action sequences are the big selling point. My personal favorite is the iaido battle at the very end. Buy the disc