Join us for just $5 as we continue our collaboration with UT’s Denbo Center, pursuing themes of identity and place with Akira Kurosawa’s 1962 adventure starring the same nameless samurai antihero (Toshiro Mifune) as his celebrated hit YOJIMBO. The screening will be introduced by UT History professor Dr. Natalia Doan, with a discussion to follow.

Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Akira Kurosawa’s tightly paced, beautifully composed SANJURO. In this sly companion piece 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. Less brazen in tone than its predecessor but equally entertaining, this classic character’s return is a masterpiece in its own right. (Janus Films)

“A surprising, fetching, beautifully made film.” – New York Times