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Sanshiro Sugata(1965)
Status: Released
Date: 1965-05-29
71%
10 Votes
Time: 2h 39m
Judo Saga
Overview:
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.
Languages: Japanese.
Countries:
Japan
ProductionCompanies: 
Kurosawa Production
Takarazuka Eiga Company Ltd.
Movie: Sanshiro Sugata
Top 10 Billed Cast
加山雄三
Sanshiro Sugata
三船敏郎
Shogoro Yano
山崎努
Genshiro
岡田英次
Gennosuke / Tesshin
志村喬
Mishima
児玉謙次
左卜全
Priest
加東大介
Hansuke Murai
Yumiko Kokonoe
Sayo, Hansuke's daughter
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Overview
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.
Release Date
1965-05-29
Average
7.1
Rating:
3.5 startsTagline
Judo Saga
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