Sanshiro Sugata
- Released on
Drama
•- Runtime
- 80 mins
(134 votes)
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.
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.
Cast
- Denjirō Ōkōchi
- Susumu Fujita
- Yukiko Todoroki
- Ryūnosuke Tsukigata
- Takashi Shimura
- Ranko Hanai
- Sugisaku Aoyama
- Ichirō Sugai
- Yoshio Kosugi
- Kokuten Kōdō
- Michisaburō Segawa
- Akitake Kōno
- Sōji Kiyokawa
- Kunio Mita
- Akira Nakamura
- Eisaburo Sakauchi
- Ko Yamamuro
- Ichirō Ryūzaki
Director
- Akira Kurosawa
Producers
- Keiji Matsuzaki
Screenwriter
- Akira Kurosawa
