International Title:
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Japanese Title:
Tsubaki Sanjuro
US Title:
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Alternate Title:
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Production: Toho / Kadokawa Haruki / Avex / TV Asahi*
Distributor: Toho
Japan Release Date Japan Running Time
2007 119 Minutes
 
US Distributor: -
US Release Date US Running Time
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Staff
Directed by Yoshimitsu Morita
Writing credits Akira Kurosawa, Ryuzo Kikushima, Hideo Oguni, Shugoro Yamamoto
Produced by Shogo Tomiyama, Haruki Kadokawa, Kenzo Abe, Yoshishige Shimatani, Minami Ichikawa, Kazuko Misawa, Ryuhei Chiba, Hiroshi Hayakawa, Yoshikazu Kenmochi, Masayuki Motomochi, Yoshio Nagata, Akihiko Osugi, Kosaku Wada
Music by Michiru Oshima
Cinematography by Takeshi Hamada
Film Editing by Shinji Tanaka
Production Design by Fumio Ogawa
Assistant Director Nobuya Masuda
Full Production Committee Toho, Kadokawa, Avex, TV Asashi, Tokyo FM, Quaras
Cast
Sanjuro Tsubaki Yuji Oda
Hanbei Muroto Etsushi Toyokawa
Hayato Morishima Kazuhito Tomikawa
Bunji Terada Tsuyoshi Hayashi
Kunie Hogawa Ichitaro
Shin Kawahara Yoshihiro Kasuya
Takebayashi Morio Kazama
Kurofuji Nenji Kobayashi
Kakuzo Hatta Yukichi Kobayashi
Iori Isaka Ken'ichi Matsuyama
Koiso Eri Murakawa
Mrs. Mutsuta Tamao Nakamura
Mr. Mutsuta Makoto Fujita
Shunpei Hirose Takuya Nakayama
Kikui Tokuma Nishioka
Kimura Kuranosuke Sasaki
Chidori Anne Suzuki
Shingo Sekiguchi Ryohei Suzuki
Konoshin Morishima Kimito Totani
Monster Appearances Aliens, SDF, Misc
None None
Stock Footage Other Points of Interest
None Box Office, Soundtrack

Box Office

Release Date: December 1st, 2007 (Japan)
Total: ¥1,150,000,000 / $10,000,000 (Japan, Rough Figure)

DVDs and Blu-rays

Japan Region 2 Tsubaki Sanjuro Avex (2008)
Japan Region 2 Tsubaki Sanjuro: Limited Deluxe Edition Avex (2008)

CD Soundtracks


Background and Trivia

  • The Kadokawa Haruki company acquired the remake rights to both Yojimbo (1961) and Sanjuro (1962) from Kurosawa Production. These rights were acquired for ¥300,000,000 (around $2,800,000) in 2005. Noted in Screen Daily.