Movie

Sanshiro Sugata (1965)

• May 29, 1965
• 2h 39m

• Action
• Drama

“Judo Saga”

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.

Director

Seiichiro Uchikawa

Writers

Tsuneo Tomita, Akira Kurosawa

Starring

Yūzō Kayama, Toshirō Mifune, Tsutomu Yamazaki