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Sanshiro Sugata

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Calorie Rating: 112
Released: 1943-03-25
Running Time: 80 Minutes
Studios: Toho Eiga Co., Ltd.,


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.

Director / Directors

Seki Nakamura
Assistant Director


Cast

Denjirō Ōkōchi
Character: Shogoro Yano
Susumu Fujita
Character: Sanshiro Sugata
Yukiko Todoroki
Character: Sayo Murai

Ryūnosuke Tsukigata
Character: Gennosuke Higaki
Takashi Shimura
Character: Hansuke Murai, Sayo's father
Ranko Hanai
Character: Osumi Kodana

Sugisaku Aoyama
Character: Tsunetami Iimura
Ichirō Sugai
Character: Police Chief Mishima
Yoshio Kosugi
Character: Master Saburo Kodama

Kokuten Kōdō
Character: Buddhist Priest
Michisaburō Segawa
Character: Wada
Akitake Kōno
Character: Yoshima Dan

Sōji Kiyokawa
Character: Yujiro Toda
Kunio Mita
Character: Kohei Tsuzaki
Akira Nakamura
Character: Toranosuki Niiseki

Eisaburo Sakauchi
Character: Nemoto
Ko Yamamuro
Character: Torakichi
Ichirō Ryūzaki
Character: Monma's pupil (uncredited)


Production and Crew

Seiichi Suzuki
Original Music Composer

Masao Tozuka
Art Direction

Akira Mimura
Director of Photography
Akira Kurosawa
Screenplay

Masaki Ônuma
Lighting Technician