Sanshiro Sugata

Sanshiro Sugata (1943)

6.5 97 min Movie
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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Cast

Denjirō Ōkōchi Denjirō Ōkōchi Shogoro Yano
Susumu Fujita Susumu Fujita Sanshiro Sugata
Yukiko Todoroki Yukiko Todoroki Sayo Murai
Ryūnosuke Tsukigata Ryūnosuke Tsukigata Gennosuke Higaki
Takashi Shimura Takashi Shimura Hansuke Murai, Sayo's father
Ranko Hanai Ranko Hanai Osumi Kodana
Sugisaku Aoyama Sugisaku Aoyama Tsunetami Iimura
Ichirō Sugai Ichirō Sugai Police Chief Mishima
Yoshio Kosugi Yoshio Kosugi Master Saburo Kodama
Kokuten Kōdō Kokuten Kōdō Buddhist Priest
Michisaburō Segawa Michisaburō Segawa Wada
Akitake Kōno Akitake Kōno Yoshima Dan

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