Basic Info
Release: March 25, 1943
Rating: â 6.5/10 (134 votes)
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Sanshiro Sugata
1943
â 6.5/10
134 votes
Overview
A hotheaded youth in 1880s Meiji Japan apprentices to judo master ShÅgorÅ Yano, trading brute jujutsu bravado for discipline and humility. As SanshirÅ matures, he proves judoâs spirit against old-guard challengersâincluding a deadly duelâwhile falling for his vanquished opponentâs daughter.
Genres
Drama
Production Countries
- Japan
Spoken Languages
- Japanese ja
Flatrate
Criterion Channel
Cast
DenjirÅ ÅkÅchi
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
IchirÅ Sugai
Police Chief Mishima
Yoshio Kosugi
Master Saburo Kodama
Kokuten KÅdÅ
Buddhist Priest
MichisaburÅ Segawa
Wada
Akitake KÅno
Yoshima Dan
Crew
Akira Kurosawa
Director
Keiji Matsuzaki
Producer
Akira Kurosawa
Screenplay
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