Tsubaki Sanjûrô 1962

Bosley Crowther, New York Times: A surprising, fetching, beautifully made film that fitly propounds the lesson of his own professionalism: 'Never send a boy to do a man's work.' Read more

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: This is fun but, compared with Kurosawa's other 60s efforts, relatively slight. Read more

Time Out: Kurosawa was pressured by his producers into directing this sequel to Yojimbo, and rose to the occasion by making his funniest and least overtly didactic film Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: The charm of this fascinating Toho production, stylishly directed by Akira Kurosawa, is the personality of the hero, powerfully played by Toshiro Mifune. Read more