Sanshiro Sugata

Sanshiro Sugata

Part of Sanshiro Sugata Collection

1943•1h 20m•6.5/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.5/10(142)

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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Production

TOHO

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

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

Sugisaku Aoyama

Tsunetami Iimura

Ichirō Sugai

Ichirō Sugai

Police Chief Mishima

Yoshio Kosugi

Yoshio Kosugi

Master Saburo Kodama

Kokuten Kōdō

Kokuten Kōdō

Buddhist Priest

Michisaburō Segawa

Wada

Akitake Kōno

Yoshima Dan

Sōji Kiyokawa

Sōji Kiyokawa

Yujiro Toda

Kunio Mita

Kohei Tsuzaki

Akira Nakamura

Toranosuki Niiseki

Eisaburo Sakauchi

Nemoto

Ko Yamamuro

Torakichi

Ichirō Ryūzaki

Ichirō Ryūzaki

Monma's pupil (uncredited)

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