Sanshiro Sugata

Judo Saga

Sanshiro Sugata — Plot

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.

• Release date
• May 29, 1965
• Runtime
• 159 min
• Genres
• Action, Drama
• Director
• Seiichiro Uchikawa

Sanshiro Sugata — Cast

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