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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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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.
Cast & crew
Denjirō ŌkōchiShogoro Yano
Susumu FujitaSanshiro Sugata
Yukiko TodorokiSayo Murai
Ryūnosuke TsukigataGennosuke Higaki
Takashi ShimuraHansuke Murai, Sayo's father
Ranko HanaiOsumi Kodana
Ichirō SugaiPolice Chief Mishima
Yoshio KosugiMaster Saburo Kodama
Kokuten KōdōBuddhist Priest
Akitake KōnoYoshima DanExplore the crew
- Director
- Akira Kurosawa
- Editor
- Toshio Goto
- Original Music Composer
- Seiichi Suzuki
- Editor
- Akira Kurosawa
- Producer
- Keiji Matsuzaki
- Director of Photography
- Akira Mimura
- Screenplay
- Akira Kurosawa