Movie · Sanshiro Sugata Collection

Sanshiro Sugata (1943)

• March 25, 1943
• 1h 37m

• Drama

Overview

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. Based on the novel by Tsuneo Tomita, son of Tomita Tsunejirō, the earliest disciple of judo.

Director

Akira Kurosawa

Writers

Tsuneo Tomita, Akira Kurosawa

Starring

Denjirō Ōkōchi, Susumu Fujita, Yukiko Todoroki