Movielogr
Sanshiro Sugata (1943)
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
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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. Based on the novel by Tsuneo Tomita, son of Tomita Tsunejirō, the earliest disciple of judo.
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