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Sanshiro Sugata
1943, Mar 25
1h 20m
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.
Directed by
Akira Kurosawa
Takashi Shimura
Hansuke Murai, Sayo's father
Yoshio Kosugi
Master Saburo Kodama
Denjirō Ōkōchi
Shogoro Yano
Ranko Hanai
Osumi Kodana
Ichirō Sugai
Police Chief Mishima
Sōji Kiyokawa
Yujiro Toda
Susumu Fujita
Sanshiro Sugata
Yukiko Todoroki
Sayo Murai
Ryūnosuke Tsukigata
Gennosuke Higaki
Kokuten Kōdō
Buddhist Priest
Ichirō Ryūzaki
Monma's pupil (uncredited)
Sugisaku Aoyama
Tsunetami Iimura
Michisaburō Segawa
Wada
Akitake Kōno
Yoshima Dan
Kunio Mita
Kohei Tsuzaki
Akira Nakamura
Toranosuki Niiseki
Eisaburo Sakauchi
Nemoto
Ko Yamamuro
Torakichi
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