Sanshiro Sugata
Sugata Sanshirô
1943, Film, 79 min, Action, Adventure, Drama, Japanese, Japan, MoviePedia score 66
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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Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Cast
- Denjirō Ōkōchi as Shogoro Yano
- Susumu Fujita as Sanshiro Sugata
- Yukiko Todoroki as Sayo Murai
- Ryūnosuke Tsukigata as Gennosuke Higaki
- Takashi Shimura as Hansuke Murai, Sayo's father
- Ranko Hanai as Osumi Kodana
- Sugisaku Aoyama as Tsunetami Iinuma
- Ichirō Sugai as Police Chief Mishima
- Yoshio Kosugi as Master Saburo Monma
- Kokuten Kōdō as Buddhist Priest
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