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Yawara! (1989)

Yawara Inokuma is a girl who aspires to an ordinary life but due to her innate talent is forced to practice judo by her authoritarian grandfather, Jigorou Inokuma, with the aim of achieving the championship in Japan and the gold medal in the Barcelona 1992 Olympic Games. Because of the pressure from her grandfather she has a generally bad attitude about judo, avoiding it as much as she can. However, over time she comes to understand why her grandfather loves judo and appreciates it more.

Release: 1989-04-15
Runtime: 97 min
Cast
Yui Asaka
Yui Asaka
Yawara inokuma
Keiju Kobayashi
Keiju Kobayashi
Jigoro inokuma
Bunta Sugawara
Bunta Sugawara
Kumajiro inokuma
Hiroshi Abe
Hiroshi Abe
Kosaku matsuda
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Reiko Hirayama
Fujiko
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Akira Maeda
Koji Ishizaka
Koji Ishizaka
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Yôsuke Naka
Koji Nakamoto
Koji Nakamoto
Nobuhiko Takada
Nobuhiko Takada
Riki Takeuchi
Riki Takeuchi
Shinnosuke
Fujio Tokita
Fujio Tokita
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Kaori Yamaguchi
Cameo
Yorie Yamashita
Yorie Yamashita
Sayaka
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Yasuhiro Yamashita