Tsubaki Sanjûrô (1962)

Réalisateur:

Akira Kurosawa

Scénaristes:

Ryûzô Kikushima (writer)
Akira Kurosawa (writer)
(suite)

Date de sortie:

7 mai 1963 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Aventure | Comedie | Drame

Intrigue:

A crafty samurai helps a young man and his fellow clansmen save his uncle, who has been framed and imprisoned by a corrupt superintendent.

Plot Keywords:

Uncle | Corruption | Samurai | Rescue | Ronin

Récompenses:

1 win

Avis des utilisateurs:

Among the Most Entertaining of Kurosawa's or Mifune's Movies

Ensemble

Toshirô Mifune	...	Sanjûrô Tsubaki / The Samurai
Tatsuya Nakadai	...	Hanbei Muroto
Keiju Kobayashi	...	The Spy
Yûzô Kayama	...	Iori Izaka
Reiko Dan	...	Chidori, Mutsuta's daughter
Akihiko Hirata	...	Samurai
Takashi Shimura	...	Kurofuji
Kamatari Fujiwara	...	Takebayashi
Takako Irie	...	Mutsuta's wife
Masao Shimizu	...	Kikui
Yûnosuke Itô	...	Mutsuta, the Chamberlain
Akira Kubo	...	Samurai
Kenzo Matsui	...	Samurai
Hiroshi Tachikawa	...	Samurai
Yoshio Tsuchiya	...	Samurai
Kunie Tanaka	...	Samurai
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Tatsuyoshi Ehara	...	Samurai
Tatsuhiko Hari	...	Samurai
Kôji Uruki

Réalisé par
Akira Kurosawa

Scénaristes (dans l'ordre alphabétique)
Ryûzô Kikushima		writer
Akira Kurosawa		writer
Hideo Oguni		writer
Shugoro Yamamoto		novel "Peaceful Days"

Produit par
Ryûzô Kikushima	....	associate producer
Tomoyuki Tanaka	....	associate producer

Musique originale
Masaru Satô

Image
Fukuzo Koizumi
Takao Saitô

Montage
Akira Kurosawa

Création des décors
Yoshirô Muraki

Technicien du son
Wataru Konuma	....	sound recordist
Hisashi Shimonaga	....	sound recordist

Caméra et Département Electrique
Ichirô Inohara	....	lighting technician

Divers
Ryu Kuze	....	fencing advisor

Companies de production

• Toho Company (presents)
• Kurosawa Production Co.

Distributeurs

• Toho Company (1962) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Toho Video (2002) (Japan) (DVD)
• Toho Video (2009) (Japan) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Cowboy Pictures (2002) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
• Toho Company (1963) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Arte Vidéo (2001) (France) (DVD)
• BFI Video (2003) (UK) (DVD)
• Criterion Collection, The (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Criterion Collection, The (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• Palace Video (1983) (UK) (VHS)
• Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) (1975) (USA) (TV) (network premiere)
• Wild Side Vidéo (2006) (France) (DVD)

Autres Companies

• Toho Studios  sound stages

Autre(s) titre(s):

Sanjuro (USA)

Durée:

96 min

Pays:

Japan

Langue:

Japonais

Couleur:

Noir et Blanc

Rapport de forme:

2,35 : 1

Son:

Mono (Perspecta Sound encoding) (Westrex Recording System)

Classification:

Singapore:PG | Australia:PG | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:12 | UK:12 | UK:PG (re-rating) (2002) | UK:A (original rating) | West Germany:12 | USA:PG-13

Société:

Toho Company

Anecdotes:

In the scene where Sanjuro has to kill about a dozen of Kikui's men and then smacks three of the young samurai for forcing him to kill so many, Toshirô Mifune slapped the three young actors for real. As seen in the film, the slaps both surprised the actors and knocked them backwards.

Goofs:

Révélant des erreurs: When the Chamberlain's nephew goes to peek over the wall to check if Kikui's house is full of troops, he supports himself on the wall which bends slightly, belying its supposed sturdiness.

Guillemet:

Sanjûrô Tsubaki: He was exactly like me. A naked sword. He didn't stay in his sheath.

Connexions De Film:

Référencé sur Kurosawa: The Last Emperor (1999) (TV)

Among the Most Entertaining of Kurosawa's or Mifune's Movies

Akira Kurosawa and Toshiro Mifune combined their abilities in numerous fine movies, and while "Sanjuro", for its part, is lighter than most of the others, it is certainly one of the most entertaining of the movies that either of the two has made. Mifune gets a role that allows him to get many good moments, and it's also a role that he must have enjoyed playing.

The story is quite interesting, with many good turns and a way of keeping you guessing as to what will happen next. Mifune plays a samurai who takes it upon himself to try to save a rather hapless but nevertheless worthy clan from government conspiracy and from its own foolishness. It's a role that gives him both plenty of good lines and plenty of good action sequences. Kurosawa, of course, knows just how to get the most out of all of the material, and the story also provides some interesting psychological insights on the characters.

The settings are very good, and they are often used in creative ways in telling the story. Except for Mifune's character, most of the other characters are fairly one-dimensional, but they are believable, and they also allow plenty of room for Mifune to get the most out of each of his scenes. The result is a very enjoyable and well-crafted movie.