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Quick Facts

DirectorAkira Kurosawa

Runtime1h 19m

GenresDrama

Release1943-03-25

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Film

Sanshiro Sugata

Name: Sanshiro Sugata
Released: 1943-03-25

1943· 1h 19m· Drama

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 & Characters

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Key Crew

DirectorAkira Kurosawa

ScreenplayAkira Kurosawa

ProducerKeiji Matsuzaki

Director of PhotographyAkira Mimura

Original Music ComposerSeiichi Suzuki

EditorAkira Kurosawa

Full cast & crew (18 cast · 11 crew)

Details

Released1943-03-25

Runtime1h 19m

StatusReleased

StudiosTOHO

LanguagesJapanese

CountriesJapan

Rating6.5/10 · 146 votes

Original languageja

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