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Sanshiro Sugata

7.0 159 mins Action   Drama   1965
TOHO   Kurosawa Production   Takarazuka Eiga Company Ltd.  
Director(s): Seiichirō Uchikawa

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.

Casts of Sanshiro Sugata

Yūzō Kayama

as Sanshiro Sugata

Toshirō Mifune

as Shogoro Yano

Tsutomu Yamazaki

as Genshiro

Eiji Okada

as Gennosuke / Tesshin

Takashi Shimura

as Mishima

Bokuzen Hidari

as Priest

Daisuke Katō

as Hansuke Murai

Yumiko Kokonoe

as Sayo, Hansuke's daughter

Tatsuhiko Namisato

as Daisaburo Hidarimonji

Kinji Matsueda

as Yoshimaro Dan

Hiroshi Aoyama

as Toranosuke Shinkai

Yoshirō Aoki

as Yojiro Toda

Kanji Kodama

as Kohei Tsuzaki

Yoji Arisawa

as Nemoto

Toshio Chiba

as Torakichi

Chōko Iida

as Old Lady

Takamaru Sasaki

as Inuma

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