Sanshiro Sugata
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“Judo Saga”
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.
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Cast
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Yūzō Kayama
Sanshiro Sugata
Known for
Red Beard
Sanjuro
Toshirō Mifune
Shogoro Yano
Known for
Seven Samurai
Rashomon
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Genshiro
Known for
Tampopo
Kagemusha
Eiji Okada
Gennosuke / Tesshin
Known for
Woman in the Dunes
Hiroshima Mon Amour
Takashi Shimura
Mishima
Known for
Seven Samurai
Ikiru
Kenji Kodama
Known for
Ran
After the Rain
Bokuzen Hidari
Priest
Known for
Ikiru
Seven Samurai
Daisuke Katō
Hansuke Murai
Known for
Seven Samurai
Yojimbo
Yumiko Kokonoe
Sayo, Hansuke's daughter
Also in
コメットさん
Kyu-chan, Draw Your Sword
Tatsuhiko Namisato
Daisaburo Hidarimonji
Also in
Sanjuro
Kinji Matsueda
Yoshimaro Dan
Known for
Eros + Massacre
Hiroshi Aoyama
Toranosuke Shinkai
Known for
Samurai Spy
Seiichiro Uchikawa Director · Akira Kurosawa Writer Tsuneo Tomita Author
United States release August 27, 1965 · Produced in Japan · Production Kurosawa Production, Takarazuka Eiga Company Ltd.
Production
TOHO
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Kurosawa Production
Production
Takarazuka Eiga Company Ltd.
Production
Japan
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Original title
姿三四郎
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · May 29, 1965
Theatrical
United States · August 27, 1965
Theatrical
Russia
January 16, 1967 · Theatrical
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