One warrior walks towards a group of men, they are wearing traditional Japanese garments.

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Yojimbo + Sanjuro

Synopsis

LUNA MONDAY DOUBLE AT LEEDERVILLE

Two times the sword, wit, and swagger: Kurosawa’s sharp-tongued ronin slices through corruption in Yojimbo and Sanjuro.

YOJIMBO (1961) | PG

A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master (Toshirô Mifune), enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin convinces both silk merchant Tazaemon (Kamatari Fujiwara) and sake merchant Tokuemon (Takashi Shimura) to hire him as a personal bodyguard, then artfully sets in motion a full-scale gang war between the two ambitious and unscrupulous men.

15-minute intermission

SANJURO (1962) | PG

Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa's tightly paced, beautifully composed "Sanjuro." 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.

Opening Date

Monday, Aug 25, 2025

Rating

Length

222m

Genre

Double Features