Mar 25, 1943
80 min
Full-HD

Sanshiro Sugata (1943)

The story of Sanshiro, a strong stubborn youth, who travels into the city in order to learn Jujutsu. However, upon his arrival he discovers a new form of self-defence: Judo. The main character is based on Shiro Saigo, a legendary judoka.

Category

Drama

Country

Japan

Companies

Toho Eiga Co., Ltd.

Denjirō Ōkōchi

Shogoro Yano

Susumu Fujita

Sanshiro Sugata

Yukiko Todoroki

Sayo Murai

Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

Gennosuke Higaki

Takashi Shimura

Hansuke Murai, Sayo's father

Ranko Hanai

Osumi Kodana

Sugisaku Aoyama

Tsunetami Iimura

Ichirō Sugai

Police Chief Mishima

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