Sanshiro Sugata

International Title

Sanshiro Sugata

Japanese Title

姿三四郎
[Sugata Sanshiro]

Production: Toho
Distributor: Toho	Japan: 1943
	Time: 97 minutes

Initial US Title

Judo Saga

US Distributor: Toho (1974)	Time: 80 minutes
Alternate Movie Titles:
The Great Judo Legend [French]
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Details

A young man named Sanshiro Sugata becomes a student of the judo instructor Shogoro Yano. After initially using his skills and strength as a means of tormenting and bullying other people, Sugata eventually comes to learn the values of humility and humanity. A few years after joining the practice, the young judo student, once fearlessly charging into any fight, finds himself approaching two fights he wants no part in.

Staff
Directed by Akira Kurosawa Writing credits Akira Kurosawa, Tsuneo Tomita Produced by Keiji Matsuzaki Music by Seiichi Suzuki Cinematography by Akira Mimura Film Editing by Toshio Goto, Akira Kurosawa Production Design by Masao Tozuka Assistant Directors Seki Nakamura, Toshio Sugie
Cast
Shogoro Yano Denjiro Okochi Sanshiro Sugata Susumu Fujita Sayo Murai Yukiko Todoroki Gennosuke Higaki Ryunosuke Tsukigata Hansuke Murai, Sayo's Father Takashi Shimura Osumi Kodana Ranko Hanai Tsunetami Iimura Sugisaku Aoyama Mishima, Police Chief Ichiro Sugai Saburo Kodama Yoshio Kosugi Saiduchi, Buddhist Priest Kokuten Kodo Wada Michisaburo Segawa Yoshima Dan Akitake Kono Yujiro Toda Shoji Kiyokawa Kohei Tsuzaki Kunio Mita Toranosuki Niiseki Akira Nakamura Nemeto Eisaburo Sakauchi Torakichi Hajime Hikari
Monster Appearances	Aliens, SDF, Misc
None	N/A

Posters

Japan

DVDs and Blu-Ray

Region 2 Sanshiro Sugata Toho (2003)
Region 4 Sanshiro Sugata Madman (2005)

Reviews

Patrick Galvan

November 13, 2014

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