Sanshiro Sugata (1965)

  • NR
  • 08/27/1965 (US)
  • Action, Drama
  • 2h 39m

Judo Saga

Overview

Remake of Kurosawa's films Sanshiro Sugata and Sanshiro Sugata part 2. 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.

Seiichirô Uchikawa

Director

Akira Kurosawa

Writer

Tsuneo Tomita

Novel

Cast

Yūzō Kayama's headshot

Yūzō Kayama

Sanshiro Sugata
Toshirō Mifune's headshot

Toshirō Mifune

Shogoro Yano
Tsutomu Yamazaki's headshot

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Genshiro
Eiji Okada's headshot

Eiji Okada

Gennosuke / Tesshin
Takashi Shimura's headshot

Takashi Shimura

Mishima
Kenji Kodama's headshot

Kenji Kodama

Bokuzen Hidari's headshot

Bokuzen Hidari

Priest
Daisuke Katō's headshot

Daisuke Katō

Hansuke Murai

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