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Sanshiro Sugata
“Judo Saga”
7.1 / 10• 1965• 2h 39m•NR• Japanese
ActionDrama
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Yūzō Kayama
Sanshiro Sugata
Lead
Toshirō Mifune
Shogoro Yano
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Genshiro
Eiji Okada
Gennosuke / Tesshin
Takashi Shimura
Mishima
Kenji Kodama
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Bokuzen Hidari
Priest
Daisuke Katō
Hansuke Murai
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Seiichiro Uchikawa's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Sanshiro Sugata is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
