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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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TOHO
Original Title
姿三四郎
Original Language
Japanese
Cast
Full credits →D
Denjirō Ōkōchi
Shogoro Yano
S
Susumu Fujita
Sanshiro Sugata
Y
Yukiko Todoroki
Sayo Murai
R
Ryūnosuke Tsukigata
Gennosuke Higaki
T
Takashi Shimura
Hansuke Murai, Sayo's father
R
Ranko Hanai
Osumi Kodana
S
Sugisaku Aoyama
Tsunetami Iimura
I
Ichirō Sugai
Police Chief Mishima
Y
Yoshio Kosugi
Master Saburo Kodama
K
Kokuten Kōdō
Buddhist Priest
M
Michisaburō Segawa
Wada
A
Akitake Kōno
Yoshima Dan
S
Sōji Kiyokawa
Yujiro Toda
K
Kunio Mita
Kohei Tsuzaki
A
Akira Nakamura
Toranosuki Niiseki
E
Eisaburo Sakauchi
Nemoto
K
Ko Yamamuro
Torakichi
I
Ichirō Ryūzaki
Monma's pupil (uncredited)
