Sanjuro

Classic Japanese action drama directed by Akira Kurosawa and starring Toshirô Mifune. Jaded, wandering samurai Sanjûrô Tsubaki (Mifune) encounters a clan of samurai who have been betrayed by the local superintendent. They had intended to present a formal accusation of corruption within their clan but would have been crushed by the superintendent's men had Sanjûrô not arrived and defended them.

Sanjûrô finds himself embroiled in a plot to kidnap the local chamberlain and facilitate a power grab by the superintendent, but jaded as he is Sanjûrô feels he must also object to his rebellious samurai allies and their empty posturing.