Sanjuro poster

Movie · 1962

Sanjuro

Released 1 January 1962 More from 1962 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

In this companion piece and sequel to "Yojimbo," jaded samurai Sanjuro helps an idealistic group of young warriors weed out their clan's evil influences, and in the process turns their image of a proper samurai on its ear.

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How old were they?

Oldest first
Kamatari Fujiwara
as Takebayashi
56
Keiju Kobayashi
as The Spy
38
Yoshio Tsuchiya
as Samurai
34
Akihiko Hirata
as Samurai
34
Hiroshi Tachikawa
as Samurai
30
Tatsuya Nakadai
as Hanbei Muroto
29
Kunie Tanaka
as Samurai
29
Akira Kubo
as Samurai
25
Yūzō Kayama
as Iori Izaka
24
FR·02

The numbers

Computed from the cast above
32years between the oldest and youngest billed
56Kamatari Fujiwara — oldest on the call sheet
24Yūzō Kayama — youngest billed
33average age of the credited cast
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