Sanshiro the Judoist

In the year 1882, Sanshirou comes to Tokyo seeking for a worthy martial arts teacher. There, he meets Yano - a judo master who single-handedly defeats 39 jujitsu practitioners. Extremely impressed by his skill, Sanshirou decides to become his disciple. Later, Sanshirou falls for Sayo Murai - a girl whose father is a martial arts instructor at the local police department; and he also has to face Higaki Gennosuke, a skilled jujitsu fighter and his greatest rival.

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Yoshimi Iwasaki

Otomi Murai (voice)

Hideki Saijo

Sanshiro Sugata (voice)

Chikao Ohtsuka

Gennosuke Higaki (voice)

Nachi Nozawa

Shogoro Yano (voice)

Kei Tomiyama

Kinnosuke Natsume (voice)

Youichi Miyagawa

Hansuke Murai (voice)

Osamu Kato

Saburo Monma (voice)

Rihoko Yoshida

Takako (voice)

Enjou Sanyuutei

Narrator (voice)

Art

Masazumi Matsumiya

Art Direction

Camera

Hirokata Takahashi

Director of Photography

Directing

Toshiyuki Hiruma

Assistant Director

Editing

Production

Yutaka Fujioka

Producer

Eiichi Kubota

Producer

Tatsuo Ikeuchi

Producer

Sound

Keiju Ishikawa

Original Music Composer

Writing

Fumio Kōnami

Screenplay

Kiyohide Ohara

Screenplay

Art

Masazumi Matsumiya

Art Direction

Camera

Hirokata Takahashi

Director of Photography

Directing

Toshiyuki Hiruma

Assistant Director

Editing

Production

Yutaka Fujioka

Producer

Eiichi Kubota

Producer

Tatsuo Ikeuchi

Producer

Sound

Keiju Ishikawa

Original Music Composer

Writing

Fumio Kōnami

Screenplay

Kiyohide Ohara

Screenplay