Sanshiro Sugata

IMDb 6.9 1965 159 min ActionDrama

Director

Seiichiro Uchikawa

Country

JP

Plot Summary

Remake of Akira Kurosawa's films "Sanshiro Sugata and "Sanshiro Sugata Part II". 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.

Top Cast

Yūzō Kayama
Yūzō Kayama Sanshiro Sugata
Toshirō Mifune
Toshirō Mifune Shogoro Yano
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Tsutomu Yamazaki Genshiro
Eiji Okada
Eiji Okada Gennosuke / Tesshin
Takashi Shimura
Takashi Shimura Mishima