Sanjuro

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Shows Kurosawa's lightest touch in dealing with the Samurai genre. With a heady blend of traditional Japanese theatrical conventions and the language of Western film-making, Sanjuro is a masterpiece of comedy-drama, with a final fight scene so swift and violent that it prompted Alexander Walker, film critic of the London Evening Standard to write, 'Don't sit too near the screen!'.

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Introduction by Alex Cox; Biographies of Kurosawa and Mifune.

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Review by John Davies on 16th October 2000

It may not have the epic sweep or space of Kurosawa's greatest, but it's extremely entertaining.

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