Sanshiro Sugata
Drama

Sanshiro Sugata

6.5 /10 (145 votes) · 1943 · 1h 19m · Japanese

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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Release Date
1943-03-25
Director
Akira Kurosawa
Writers
Akira Kurosawa
Producers
Keiji Matsuzaki
Studios
TOHO

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