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Rating: 7.5 stars

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Criterion Japan

All movies seen on 11/22/2012

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Sanshiro Sugata (1943)

Directed by Akira Kurosawa

Action | Drama | Romance

Overview

A hotheaded youth in 1880s Meiji Japan apprentices to judo master Shōgorō Yano, trading brute jujutsu bravado for discipline and humility. As Sanshirō matures, he proves judo’s spirit against old-guard challengers—including a deadly duel—while falling for his vanquished opponent’s daughter.

Length 80 minutes

Actors

Denjirô Ôkôchi | Susumu Fujita | Yukiko Todoroki | Ryûnosuke Tsukigata | Takashi Shimura | Ranko Hanai | Sugisaku Aoyama | Ichirô Sugai | Yoshio Kosugi | Kokuten Kôdô | Michisaburo Segawa | Akitake Kôno | Sôji Kiyokawa | Kunio Mita | Akira Nakamura | Eisaburo Sakauchi | Hajime Hikari | Ichirô Ryûzaki

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

Third film in my Thanksgiving Kurosawa project. For his first film, Kurosawa really knocks it out of the park. This is a very good film. Great even. The story and acting are exceptional. If this hasn’t been remade I can’t understand why not. The story is so good. Almost don’t believe that this is his first feature film.

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