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 ŌkōchiShogoro Yano
- Susumu FujitaSanshiro Sugata
- Yukiko TodorokiSayo Murai
- Ryūnosuke TsukigataGennosuke Higaki
- Takashi ShimuraHansuke Murai, Sayo's father
- Ranko HanaiOsumi Kodana
- Sugisaku AoyamaTsunetami Iimura
- Ichirō SugaiPolice Chief Mishima
- Yoshio KosugiMaster Saburo Kodama
- Kokuten KōdōBuddhist Priest
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- Akira KurosawaDirector
- Akira KurosawaScreenplay
- Tsuneo TomitaNovel
- Akira MimuraDirector of Photography
- Seiichi SuzukiOriginal Music Composer
- Toshio GotoEditor
- Akira KurosawaEditor
- Keiji MatsuzakiProducer
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