Sanshiro Sugata (1943)
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.
Release: 1943-03-25
Runtime: 80 min
Rating: 6.511 / 10
Cast
Denjirō Ōkōchi
Susumu Fujita
Yukiko Todoroki
Ryūnosuke Tsukigata
Takashi Shimura
Ranko Hanai
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Sugisaku Aoyama
Ichirō Sugai
Yoshio Kosugi
Kokuten Kōdō
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Michisaburō Segawa
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Akitake Kōno
Sōji Kiyokawa
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Kunio Mita
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Akira Nakamura
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Eisaburo Sakauchi
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Ko Yamamuro
Ichirō Ryūzaki