Sanshiro Sugata (1943)

Name: Sanshiro Sugata
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Genre: Drama
Released: 1943-03-25
Duration: 80 min
Rating: 6.6
Cast: Denjirō Ōkōchi, Susumu Fujita, Yukiko Todoroki, Ryūnosuke Tsukigata, Takashi Shimura

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★★★★★★★★★★6.6 Mar 25th, 1943 80 min Directed by Akira Kurosawa Google It

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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.

based on novel or book judo jujitsu partially lost film adaptation

Cast: Denjirō Ōkōchi, Susumu Fujita, Yukiko Todoroki, Ryūnosuke Tsukigata, Takashi Shimura

Language: JA

Studio: TOHO

Sanshiro Sugata (1943)

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