Sanshiro Sugata
Not Rated
Drama
Starring: Denjirō Ōkōchi, Susumu Fujita, Yukiko Todoroki, Ryūnosuke Tsukigata, Takashi Shimura
Writer: Tsuneo Tomita, Akira Kurosawa
Release Date:
March 25, 1943
March 25, 1943
Ratings:
6.5 / 10
6.5 / 10
Director:
Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa
Companies:
Toho Eiga
Toho Eiga
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.
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