Sanshiro the Judoist

In the year 1882, Sanshirou comes to Tokyo seeking for a worthy martial arts teacher. There, he meets Yano - a judo master who single-handedly defeats 39 jujitsu practitioners. Extremely impressed by his skill, Sanshirou decides to become his disciple. Later, Sanshirou falls for Sayo Murai - a girl whose father is a martial arts instructor at the local police department; and he also has to face Higaki Gennosuke, a skilled jujitsu fighter and his greatest rival.

• Release date
• June 8, 1981
• Runtime
• 70 min
• Genres
• Action, Animation
• Director
• Yasumi Mikamoto

Cast

Yoshimi Iwasaki Otomi Murai (voice) Hideki Saijo Sanshiro Sugata (voice) Chikao Ohtsuka Gennosuke Higaki (voice) Nachi Nozawa Shogoro Yano (voice) Kei Tomiyama Kinnosuke Natsume (voice)

Y

Youichi Miyagawa Hansuke Murai (voice) Osamu Kato Saburo Monma (voice) Rihoko Yoshida Takako (voice)