Sanshiro Sugata
25 March 1943| 97 min
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.
Genres
Drama
Cast
Denjirō Ōkōchi
Susumu Fujita
Yukiko Todoroki
Ryūnosuke Tsukigata
Takashi Shimura
Ranko Hanai
Sugisaku Aoyama
Ichirō Sugai
Yoshio Kosugi
Kokuten Kōdō
Michisaburō Segawa
Akitake Kōno
Sōji Kiyokawa
Kunio Mita
Akira Nakamura
Eisaburo Sakauchi
Ko Yamamuro
Ichirō Ryūzaki
