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Sanshiro Sugata

"Judo Saga"

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.

Top Cast

  • Yūzō Kayama

    Yūzō Kayama

    Sanshiro Sugata

  • Toshirō Mifune

    Toshirō Mifune

    Shogoro Yano

  • Tsutomu Yamazaki

    Tsutomu Yamazaki

    Genshiro

  • Eiji Okada

    Eiji Okada

    Gennosuke / Tesshin

  • Takashi Shimura

    Takashi Shimura

    Mishima

  • Kenji Kodama

    Kenji Kodama

  • Bokuzen Hidari

    Bokuzen Hidari

    Priest

  • Daisuke Katō

    Daisuke Katō

    Hansuke Murai

  • Yumiko Kokonoe

    Yumiko Kokonoe

    Sayo, Hansuke's daughter

Overview

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.

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