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Sanshiro Sugata
1943 • 1h 20m • ★ 6.5 (139 votes) Released
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.
Director
Akira Kurosawa
Screenplay
Akira Kurosawa
Rating
6.5
Runtime
80 min
Production
Toho Eiga
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based on novel or bookjudojujitsupartially lost filmadaptation
