Sanjuro

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Movie
German title Sanjuro
Original title Tsubaki Sanjūrō
Country of production Japan
original language Japanese
Publishing year 1962
length 96 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Akira Kurosawa
script Ryūzō Kikushima ,
Hideo Oguni ,
Akira Kurosawa
production Kurosawa Film Production
music Masaru Satō
camera Fukuzo Koizumi
occupation

Sanjuro ( Japanese 椿 三十 郎 , Tsubaki Sanjūrō ) is a Japanese film from 1962 directed by Akira Kurosawa . Apparently a kind of sequel to Yojimbo , it plays with the elements of Jidai-geki like no other Kurosawa's film. Sanjuro is unusually humorous and questions the rules and values ​​that are conveyed in traditional Jidai-geki through the irony and ineffectiveness of the respective protagonists.

action

In Edo period Japan , a young samurai tries to fight corruption in his own clan. He therefore speaks to his uncle, who is described as unsympathetic and holds a high position within the clan, as well as to the Kikui, the head of the clan. After the talks, he suspects his uncle of corruption. He describes the statements of the two clan leaders to his eight friends, including Samurai, while they are in a remote building. A Rōnin who happened to be sleeping there overheard this conversation between the samurai . This ronin, Sanjuro , interferes and explains on the basis of his experience that it is not the dismissive uncle, but the understanding Kikui himself who is guilty of corruption and therefore dangerous. Shortly afterwards this warning is confirmed, because the house is attacked by the followers of Kikui's and Sanjuro can only save the young samurai with a trick. Since Sanjuro realizes the boys' inexperience, he decides to help them in their fight against the corrupt ruler, because the uncle, his wife and their daughter have already been captured by Kikui in order to give the uncle a false confession and seppuku to force.

First, Sanjuro and the young samurai free the uncle's wife and daughter. Subsequently, Sanjuro uses the impression that he has previously made on the chief's bodyguard and troop leader, Muroto , and enters his service. He apparently changes sides and works for Muroto as a mercenary, which leads to distrust among the nine young samurai. After Sanjuro can save the lives of four of the samurai again, he has the trust of the group again. Through his feigned loyalty to Muroto, Sanjuro can lure the soldiers and bodyguards out of the property, where they keep the uncle prisoner. The young samurai use this chance to free their uncle. The truth about Kikui will then be revealed and his power will be extinguished.

The uncle would like to take Sanjuro into the clan as a thank you, but he is already on the move again. The young samurai find Sanjuro and try to persuade him to stay. When they catch up with him on the street, Muroto appears and threatens Sanjuro. Sanjuro knows that this man is a very capable fighter and wants to avoid the fight out of respect, solidarity and the knowledge of the futility of this defense of honor. His opponent insists on the fight and Sanjuro can kill him with a single blow. This is the only time a blood fountain occurs in the film. The samurai congratulate Sanjuro on the victory, which Sanjuro disapproves because the fight was superfluous and only the sword "that remains in the scabbard" is good and goes on his way with these words.

Reviews

"A witty, exciting and amusing examination of the code of honor of a proud Japanese warrior caste and the overly hasty separation of terms like" good "and" bad "."

- Lexicon of international film

Remake

In 2007, a remake of Sanjuro was released in Japan. Directed by Yoshimitsu Morita .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sanjuro. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed July 16, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  2. ↑ Tsubaki Sanjuro at the Internet Movie Database (English) , accessed on 16 July 2017th

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