Movielogr
Yawara! (1989)
Directed by Kazuo Yoshida
Overview
Yawara Inokuma is a girl who aspires to an ordinary life but due to her innate talent is forced to practice judo by her authoritarian grandfather, Jigorou Inokuma, with the aim of achieving the championship in Japan and the gold medal in the Barcelona 1992 Olympic Games. Because of the pressure from her grandfather she has a generally bad attitude about judo, avoiding it as much as she can. However, over time she comes to understand why her grandfather loves judo and appreciates it more.
Length 97 minutes
Actors
Yui Asaka | Keiju Kobayashi | Bunta Sugawara | Hiroshi Abe | Reiko Hirayama | Akira Maeda | Kôji Ishizaka | Yôsuke Naka | Kôji Nakamoto | Nobuhiko Takada | Riki Takeuchi | Fujio Tokita | Kaori Yamaguchi | Yorie Yamashita | Yasuhiro Yamashita