Sanshiro Sugata (1965)
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.
Director: Seiichiro Uchikawa
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Yūzō Kayama as Sanshiro Sugata |
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Toshirō Mifune as Shogoro Yano |
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Tsutomu Yamazaki as Genshiro |
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Eiji Okada as Gennosuke / Tesshin |
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Takashi Shimura as Mishima |
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Kenji Kodama as |
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Bokuzen Hidari as Priest |
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Daisuke Katō as Hansuke Murai |
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Yumiko Kokonoe as Sayo, Hansuke's daughter |
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Tatsuhiko Namisato as Daisaburo Hidarimonji |
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Kinji Matsueda as Yoshimaro Dan |
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Hiroshi Aoyama as Toranosuke Shinkai |
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Yoshirō Aoki as Yojiro Toda |
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Kanji Kodama as Kohei Tsuzaki |
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Yoji Arisawa as Nemoto |
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Toshio Chiba as Torakichi |
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Chōko Iida as Old Lady |
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Takamaru Sasaki as Inuma |
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Yūnosuke Itō as |
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Chisako Hara as |
| Writing | Akira Kurosawa | Writer |
| Directing | Seiichiro Uchikawa | Director |
| Writing | Tsuneo Tomita | Novel |
| Sound | Koji Oshiumi | Sound Recordist |
| Camera | Fukuzo Koizumi | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Masaru Satō | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Hiroshi Mizutani | Art Direction |
| Production | Akira Kurosawa | Producer |
| Camera | Daizo Tai | Still Photographer |
| Lighting | Kazuo Shimomura | Lighting Technician |
| Production | Hiroshi Nezu | Production Manager |
| Production | Tomoyuki Tanaka | Producer |