Sanshiro Sugata (1943)
Original title: 姿三四郎
Sanshiro Sugata is a 1943 Japanese-language drama movie directed by Akira Kurosawa, with a running time of 1h 19m. It stars Denjirō Ōkōchi, Susumu Fujita and Yukiko Todoroki.
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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Cast
- Denjirō Ōkōchi as Shogoro Yano
- Susumu Fujita as Sanshiro Sugata
- Yukiko Todoroki as Sayo Murai
- Ryūnosuke Tsukigata as Gennosuke Higaki
- Takashi Shimura as Hansuke Murai, Sayo's father
- Ranko Hanai as Osumi Kodana
- Sugisaku Aoyama as Tsunetami Iimura
- Ichirō Sugai as Police Chief Mishima
- Yoshio Kosugi as Master Saburo Kodama
- Kokuten Kōdō as Buddhist Priest
- Michisaburō Segawa as Wada
- Akitake Kōno as Yoshima Dan