Sanjuro is a companion film to Yojimbo. Yet again, Toshiro Mifune stars as the samurai in his thirties. In an effort to help some naive young samurai, Sanjuro helps uncover and overpower the corruption that is plaguing the community. Sanjuro infiltrates the corrupt group in power as a mercenary and eventually exposes the corrupt individuals. During the film Mifune swaggers, yells, and fights with the charisma that would bring him fame. His rendition of a samurai not only made him popular in Japan, John Belushi based his model of an exaggerated screaming samurai for Saturday Night Live on Mifune's work. The clip, while it has a greater role in the movie, can also be used to simply show a Japanese style garden. The garden is, and was, a very important part of a Japanese household. We can see the care that is taken in grooming the gardens. There is a uniqueness to Japanese gardens that has made them famous throughout the world. We can also see traditional kimonos on the women in the garden. If we look closely enough, we can notice their black teeth as well. It was common in Japan for women of status during this time period to blacken their teeth. It was thought to be a sign of beauty and station because it separated them from beasts with white fangs. While this is not unique to Japan, it is an interesting practice that is not well known to westerners.