Editing Sanjuro (section)

===Box office===
''Sanjuro'' was Toho's highest-grossing film in 1962, coming second place for the highest grossing Japanese productions in 1962.{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=188}} It earned {{JPY|450.1 million}} in [[distributor rentals]] at the Japanese box office in 1962, exceeding ''[[King Kong vs. Godzilla]]'',<ref name="Japan1960s">{{cite web |title=Die größten japanischen Kassenerfolge der 1960er Jahre |trans-title=Biggest Japanese Box Office Hits of the 1960s |url=https://www.nippon-kino.net/die-groumlszligten-japanischen-kassenerfolge-der-1960er-jahre.html |website=Nippon-Kino |language=de |access-date=19 March 2022}}</ref> which had sold {{nowrap|11.2 million}} tickets in Japan that year.<ref name="Ryfle">{{cite book |last=Ryfle |first=Steve |url=https://archive.org/details/japansfavoritemo0000ryfl/page/310/mode/1up |title=Japan's Favorite Mon-Star: The Unauthorized Biography of the Big G |publisher=ECW Press |year=1998 |isbn=9781550223484 |page=310}}</ref>