Sanshiro Sugata

6.6
  • Genre: Drama
  • Run time: 80 min
  • Premiere: 1943. March 25.

The story of Sanshiro, a strong stubborn youth, who travels into the city in order to learn Jujutsu. However, upon his arrival he discovers a new form of self-defence: Judo. The main character is based on Shiro Saigo, a legendary judoka.

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Denjirō Ōkōchi

Shogoro Yano

Susumu Fujita

Sanshiro Sugata

Yukiko Todoroki

Sayo Murai

Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

Gennosuke Higaki

Takashi Shimura

Hansuke Murai, Sayo's father

Ranko Hanai

Osumi Kodana

Sugisaku Aoyama

Tsunetami Iimura

Ichirō Sugai

Police Chief Mishima

Yoshio Kosugi

Master Saburo Kodama

Kokuten Kōdō

Buddhist Priest

Akitake Kōno

Yoshima Dan

Sōji Kiyokawa

Yujiro Toda

Kunio Mita

Kohei Tsuzaki

Akira Nakamura

Toranosuki Niiseki

Ko Yamamuro

Torakichi

Ichirō Ryūzaki

Monma's pupil (uncredited)

Art

Masao Tozuka

Art Direction

Camera

Akira Mimura

Director of Photography

Directing

Akira Kurosawa

Director

Seki Nakamura

Assistant Director

Editing

Lighting

Masaki Ônuma

Lighting Technician

Production

Sound

Seiichi Suzuki

Original Music Composer

Writing

Akira Kurosawa

Screenplay

Art

Masao Tozuka

Art Direction

Camera

Akira Mimura

Director of Photography

Directing

Akira Kurosawa

Director

Seki Nakamura

Assistant Director

Editing

Lighting

Masaki Ônuma

Lighting Technician

Production

Sound

Seiichi Suzuki

Original Music Composer

Writing

Akira Kurosawa

Screenplay