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Sanshiro Sugata (1943)

Sanshiro Sugata (1943)

Drama
Release Date: 1943, March 25
Directors: Akira Kurosawa
Countries: Japan
Production: TOHO, TOHO
Cast: Takashi Shimura, Yoshio Kosugi, Kokuten Kōdō, Susumu Fujita, Sugisaku Aoyama, Ichirō Ryūzaki, Ichirō Sugai, Ryūnosuke Tsukigata, Denjirō Ōkōchi, Yukiko Todoroki, Ranko Hanai, Michisaburō Segawa

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.

Keywords:

based on novel or book adaptation partially lost film judo jujitsu