Sanshiro Sugata

Sanshiro Sugata

Judo Saga

1965 · 159 min · ★ 7.1 · Action, Drama

Remake of Akira Kurosawa's films "Sanshiro Sugata and "Sanshiro Sugata Part II". A young man, Sanshiro Sugata, troubled by personal problems, takes up judo. His teacher, Shogoro Yano, is a devout man who has aroused the enmity of the local practitioners of jujitsu, the older and more accepted of the two sports. Sugata uses his newly learned prowess to gain a measure of respect from others; however, Shogoro insists that the sport has a spiritual side, a lesson Sugata has yet to learn. Eventually, in hand-to-hand combat with the father of a young woman he loves, he comes to understand the true meaning of judo.

Directed by Seiichiro Uchikawa · Written by Akira Kurosawa

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Yūzō Kayama Sanshiro Sugata
Toshirō Mifune Shogoro Yano
Tsutomu Yamazaki Genshiro
Eiji Okada Gennosuke / Tesshin
Takashi Shimura Mishima
Kenji Kodama
Bokuzen Hidari Priest
Daisuke Katō Hansuke Murai
Yumiko Kokonoe Sayo, Hansuke's daughter
Tatsuhiko Namisato Daisaburo Hidarimonji
Kinji Matsueda Yoshimaro Dan
Hiroshi Aoyama Toranosuke Shinkai

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