Tsubaki Sanjuro

Tsubaki Sanjuro

A scruffy master-less samurai decides to help a group of young warriors whose leader was taken captive by a gang of ambitious officers.

2007 · 119 min · ★ 6.3 · History, Action, Drama

"Tsubaki Sanjuro" is a remake of Sanjuro (1962) by Akira Kurosawa. Sanjuro returns with sharper, faster, subtler sword, talking and perception. He uses them to settle the trouble and uses them good!

Directed by Yoshimitsu Morita · Written by Akira Kurosawa

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