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Sanshiro Sugata

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Sequel:

Sanshiro Sugata Part Two

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Sanshiro Sugata

Original title

Sugata Sanshirô

Year

1943

Running time

80 min.

Country

Japan

Director

Akira Kurosawa

Screenwriter

Akira Kurosawa. Novel: Tsuneo Tomita

Cast

Music

Seiichi Suzuki

Cinematography

Akira Mimura (B&W)

Producer

Toho

Genre

Adventure. Action. Drama | Martial Arts. Judo. 19th Century

Synopsis

Sanshiro, a strong stubborn youth, comes to the city to apprentice at a jujitsu school. His first night, he sees Yano in action, a master of judo, a more spiritual art, and he begs to be Yano's student. As the youth learns technique, he must also learn "satori," the calm acceptance of Nature's law. If he can balance strength and control, then judo may become the training regimen for the city's police, Sanshiro can gain respect from an old teacher in a jujitsu school, and he can win the hand of Sayo, that teacher's daughter, who is also sought by jujitsu's finest master, the implacable Higaki, who vows to kill Sanshiro in a midnight fight on a windswept mountainside.

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Sanshiro Sugata

1943

Akira Kurosawa

6.4

(981)