Sanshiro Sugata

Sanshiro Sugata (1943)

Drama

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.

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  • Release Date: 1943-03-25
  • Runtime: 1h 20min
  • Director: Akira Kurosawa

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    Cast

    • Denjirō Ōkōchi

      Shogoro Yano

    • Susumu Fujita

      Sanshiro Sugata

    • Yukiko Todoroki

      Sayo Murai

    • Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

      Gennosuke Higaki

    • Takashi Shimura

      Hansuke Murai, Sayo's father

    • Ranko Hanai

      Osumi Kodana

    • Sugisaku Aoyama

      Tsunetami Iimura

    • Ichirō Sugai

      Police Chief Mishima

    • Yoshio Kosugi

      Master Saburo Kodama

    • Kokuten Kōdō

      Buddhist Priest

    • Michisaburō Segawa

      Wada

    • Akitake Kōno

      Yoshima Dan

    • Sōji Kiyokawa

      Yujiro Toda

    • Kunio Mita

      Kohei Tsuzaki

    • Akira Nakamura

      Toranosuki Niiseki

    • Eisaburo Sakauchi

      Nemoto

    • Ko Yamamuro

      Torakichi

    • Ichirō Ryūzaki

      Monma's pupil (uncredited)

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