New Arrival Sanjuro (#53)

Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Akira Kurosawas tightly paced, beautifully composedSanjuro. In this sly companion piece toYojimbo, jaded samurai Sanjuro helps an idealistic group of young warriors weed out their clans evil influences, and in the process turns their image of a proper samurai on its ear. Less brazen in tone than its predecessor but equally entertaining, this classic characters return is a masterpiece in its own right.

Special Features

• New, restored high-definition digital transfer
• Optional Dolby Digital 3.0 soundtrack, preserving the original Perspecta simulated-stereo effects (DTS-HD Master Audio on the Blu-ray edition)
• Audio commentary by film historian and Kurosawa scholar Stephen Prince
• Documentary on the making ofSanjuro,created as part of theToho MasterworksseriesAkira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create, featuring Kurosawa, actor Tatsuya Nakadai, production designer Yoshiro Muraki, and longtime Kurosawa collaborator Teruyo Nogami
• Theatrical teaser and trailer
• Stills gallery of behind-the-scenes photos
• PLUS: An essay by film critic Michael Sragow and comments from Kurosawa and his cast and crew

  Cover by Lucien S. Y. Yang