Sanjuro
E424007
Sanjuro is a 1962 Japanese samurai film directed by Akira Kurosawa, serving as a sequel to Yojimbo and known for its blend of action, humor, and social satire.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sanjuro canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4245832 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sanjuro Context triple: [Akira Kurosawa, notableWork, Sanjuro]
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A.
Tokusuke
Tokusuke is the given name of Nakae Chōmin, a prominent Japanese political theorist, journalist, and early advocate of liberal democracy in the Meiji era.
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B.
Mibu no Tadamine
Mibu no Tadamine was a prominent early Heian-period Japanese waka poet and courtier, known as one of the Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry and an influential contributor to classical Japanese verse.
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C.
Oi no Kobumi
Oi no Kobumi is a travel diary by the renowned Japanese haiku poet Matsuo Bashō, recording his later journeys and reflections in prose and verse.
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D.
Shinsekai
Shinsekai is a retro entertainment district in Osaka, Japan, known for its nostalgic Showa-era atmosphere, street food, and neon-lit nightlife.
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Takadanobaba
Takadanobaba is a lively Tokyo neighborhood known for its student population, affordable eateries, and strong connections to nearby universities like Waseda.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sanjuro Target entity description: Sanjuro is a 1962 Japanese samurai film directed by Akira Kurosawa, serving as a sequel to Yojimbo and known for its blend of action, humor, and social satire.
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A.
Tokusuke
Tokusuke is the given name of Nakae Chōmin, a prominent Japanese political theorist, journalist, and early advocate of liberal democracy in the Meiji era.
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B.
Mibu no Tadamine
Mibu no Tadamine was a prominent early Heian-period Japanese waka poet and courtier, known as one of the Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry and an influential contributor to classical Japanese verse.
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C.
Oi no Kobumi
Oi no Kobumi is a travel diary by the renowned Japanese haiku poet Matsuo Bashō, recording his later journeys and reflections in prose and verse.
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D.
Shinsekai
Shinsekai is a retro entertainment district in Osaka, Japan, known for its nostalgic Showa-era atmosphere, street food, and neon-lit nightlife.
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E.
Takadanobaba
Takadanobaba is a lively Tokyo neighborhood known for its student population, affordable eateries, and strong connections to nearby universities like Waseda.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese film
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film ⓘ jidaigeki film ⓘ samurai film ⓘ |
| alternateTitle |
Tsubaki Sanjuro
NERFINISHED
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椿三十郎 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Hibi Heian
NERFINISHED
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short story by Shugoro Yamamoto ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Fukuzo Koizumi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | black-and-white ⓘ |
| consideredClassicOf |
Japanese cinema of the 1960s
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samurai cinema ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| director | Akira Kurosawa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedIn | Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Toho NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Akira Kurosawa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Sanjuro Tsubaki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmFormat | 35 mm ⓘ |
| followsCharacter | Toshiro Mifune’s nameless ronin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
action
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comedy ⓘ samurai ⓘ social satire ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
corruption in samurai bureaucracy
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idealism versus pragmatism ⓘ violence and restraint ⓘ |
| musicBy | Masaru Sato NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of action and humor
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social satire of corruption ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| partOfFilmographyOf |
Akira Kurosawa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Toshiro Mifune NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Toho NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDateInJapan | 1962-01-01 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1962 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 96 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Akira Kurosawa
NERFINISHED
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Ryuzo Kikushima NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sequelTo | Yojimbo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | late Edo period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Keiju Kobayashi
NERFINISHED
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Takashi Shimura NERFINISHED ⓘ Tatsuya Nakadai NERFINISHED ⓘ Toshiro Mifune NERFINISHED ⓘ Yuzo Kayama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sanjuro Description of subject: Sanjuro is a 1962 Japanese samurai film directed by Akira Kurosawa, serving as a sequel to Yojimbo and known for its blend of action, humor, and social satire.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.