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Sanshiro Sugata (1943)

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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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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 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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