{"id":1198,"date":"2006-07-05T12:11:22","date_gmt":"2006-07-05T19:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1198"},"modified":"2024-05-28T23:09:58","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T06:09:58","slug":"sanjuro-1962","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1198","title":{"rendered":"Sanjuro (1962)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Killing people is a bad habit.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Sanjuro-Poster2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Sanjuro-Poster2-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20990\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Sanjuro-Poster2-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Sanjuro-Poster2-91x128.jpg 91w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Sanjuro-Poster2.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAn older samurai (Toshiro Mifune) assists a group of naive young clansmen in rescuing a kidnapped political official. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Akira Kurosawa Films<\/li>\n<li>Japanese Films<\/li>\n<li>Kidnapping<\/li>\n<li>Political Corruption<\/li>\n<li>Samurai<\/li>\n<li>Toshiro Mifune Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review:<\/strong><br \/>\nAs Peary notes, Kurosawa&#8217;s follow-up to <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=93416\"><em>Yojimbo <\/em>(1961)<\/a> isn&#8217;t quite as masterful or well-known as its predecessor (he argues it&#8217;s &#8220;not as ambitious&#8230; or as impressively photographed&#8221;), but still has much to recommend it. It&#8217;s &#8220;much funnier&#8221; and less cynical in its approach, and contains at least two valuable lessons: that violence should be avoided when possible, and that strength and cunning can come in unexpected packages. Mifune &#8212; portraying a &#8220;hero who does care about those who need help and is affected emotionally by what transpires around him&#8221; &#8212; is as compelling as always; he conveys more worldly wisdom in his right pinky than most other movie actors combined. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Beautiful imagery<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/camellias.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/camellias.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1200\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Plenty of unexpected humor (including Keiju Kobayashi as the captured spy who hides in the closet but pops out every now and then to express his opinion)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Spy2.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Spy2.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1199\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Toshiro Mifune&#8217;s powerful yet subtly comedic performance<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Mifune4.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Mifune4.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1201\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes. While not traditionally ranked among the top of Kurosawa&#8217;s oeuvre, it&#8217;s nonetheless critical viewing for any true film fanatic. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Important Director<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0056443\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1963\/05\/08\/archives\/screen-sanjuro-a-surprise-from-akira-kurosawajapanese-film-opens-at.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/film\/73987.html\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Killing people is a bad habit.&#8221; Synopsis: An older samurai (Toshiro Mifune) assists a group of naive young clansmen in rescuing a kidnapped political official. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Akira Kurosawa Films Japanese Films Kidnapping Political Corruption Samurai Toshiro Mifune Films Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: As Peary notes, Kurosawa&#8217;s follow-up to Yojimbo (1961) isn&#8217;t quite as masterful or well-known as its predecessor (he argues it&#8217;s &#8220;not as ambitious&#8230; or as impressively photographed&#8221;), but still has much to recommend it&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1198\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1198"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97185,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1198\/revisions\/97185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}