One reason movie lovers the world over hold the filmmaker Akira Kurosawa in such high regard is that he instilled visceral excitement into Japanese cinema as no one had before him. Whether he was more ...

Toshiro Mifune stars in director Akria Kurosawa's 'Sanjuro.' (Photo by The Times-Picayune archive) Akira Kurosawa's 1962 gem "Sanjuro" gets its turn in the spotlight this week as the New Orleans ...

Ghost of Tsushima pays homage to the samurai films of Akira Kurosawa. The enduring appeal of Kurosawa’s samurai films speaks to their unique position in the cultural canon. They are at once archetypal ...

Every day, Watch This offers staff recommendations inspired by a new movie coming out that week. This week: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey has us thinking about swordplay. Sanjuro (1962) In 1961, ...

Roughly the Japanese equivalent of an American Western, Sanjuro brings to the screen an epic hero far more formidable than the celebrated tall men and top guns of the 19th century Yankee frontier. The ...

There are no showtimes for Sanjuro. You can stream it or buy it on digital platforms below. The masterless samurai Sanjuro, who slyly manipulates two warring clans to his own advantage in a small, ...

The masterless samurai Sanjuro, who slyly manipulates two warring clans to his own advantage in a small, dusty village, was so entertainingly embodied by the brilliant Toshiro Mifune that it was only ...

Bandidas (20th Century Fox, $27.98): Luc Besson's straight-to-supermarket tumble with the good (Sam Shepard), the bad (Dwight Yoakam), and the busty (Penélope Cruz and Salma Hayek). One lucky SOB: ...

Akira Kurosawa's legendary samurai film Sanjuro offers up one of the director's most unforgettable endings, when the titular samurai (Toshiro Mifune) is forced to battle Hanbei (Tatsuya Nakadai) in a ...