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Sanshiro Sugata

MOVIE • 1943

Sanshiro Sugata

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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.

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Denjirō Ōkōchi

Denjirō Ōkōchi

Shogoro Yano

Susumu Fujita

Susumu Fujita

Sanshiro Sugata

Yukiko Todoroki

Yukiko Todoroki

Sayo Murai

Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

Gennosuke Higaki

Takashi Shimura

Takashi Shimura

Hansuke Murai, Sayo's father

Ranko Hanai

Ranko Hanai

Osumi Kodana

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Sugisaku Aoyama

Tsunetami Iimura

Ichirō Sugai

Ichirō Sugai

Police Chief Mishima

Yoshio Kosugi

Yoshio Kosugi

Master Saburo Kodama

Kokuten Kōdō

Kokuten Kōdō

Buddhist Priest

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Michisaburō Segawa

Wada

Akitake Kōno

Akitake Kōno

Yoshima Dan

Sōji Kiyokawa

Sōji Kiyokawa

Yujiro Toda

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Kunio Mita

Kohei Tsuzaki

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Status

Released

Release

March 25, 1943

Runtime

97 min

Language

Japanese

Origin

Japan

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