Sanshiro Sugata (1943)
Sugata Sanshirô
79 min
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.
- Release date
- March 25, 1943
- Country of origin
- Japan
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Cast
- Denjirō Ōkōchi as Shogoro Yano
- Susumu Fujita as Sanshiro Sugata
- Yukiko Todoroki as Sayo Murai
- Ryūnosuke Tsukigata as Gennosuke Higaki
- Takashi Shimura as Hansuke Murai, Sayo's father
- Ranko Hanai as Osumi Kodana
- Sugisaku Aoyama as Tsunetami Iinuma
- Ichirō Sugai as Police Chief Mishima
- Yoshio Kosugi as Master Saburo Monma
- Kokuten Kōdō as Buddhist Priest
- Michisaburō Segawa as Wada
- Akitake Kôno as Yoshima Dan
- Sōji Kiyokawa as Yujiro Toda
- Kunio Mita as Kohei Tsuzaki
- Akira Nakamura as Toranosuki Niiseki
- Hajime Hikari as Torakichi
- Ichirō Ryūzaki as Monma's pupil (uncredited)
Crew
- Akira Kurosawa · Director
- Akira Kurosawa · Writer
- Tsuneo Tomita · Writer
- Keiji Matsuzaki · Producer
- Seiichi Suzuki · Composer
- Akira Mimura · Cinematographer
- Toshio Gotô · Editor
- Akira Kurosawa · Editor