Sanshiro Sugata (1943)
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.
Director:
Akira Kurosawa
Writer:
Akira Kurosawa
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Denjirō Ōkōchi as Shogoro Yano |
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Susumu Fujita as Sanshiro Sugata |
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Yukiko Todoroki as Sayo Murai |
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Ryūnosuke Tsukigata as Gennosuke Higaki |
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Takashi Shimura as Hansuke Murai, Sayo's father |
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Ranko Hanai as Osumi Kodana |
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Sugisaku Aoyama as Tsunetami Iimura |
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Ichirō Sugai as Police Chief Mishima |
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Yoshio Kosugi as Master Saburo Kodama |
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Kokuten Kōdō as Buddhist Priest |
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Michisaburō Segawa as Wada |
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Akitake Kōno as Yoshima Dan |
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Sōji Kiyokawa as Yujiro Toda |
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Kunio Mita as Kohei Tsuzaki |
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Akira Nakamura as Toranosuki Niiseki |
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Eisaburo Sakauchi as Nemoto |
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Ko Yamamuro as Torakichi |
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Ichirō Ryūzaki as Monma's pupil (uncredited) |
| Directing | Akira Kurosawa | Director |
| Editing | Toshio Goto | Editor |
| Writing | Tsuneo Tomita | Novel |
| Production | Keiji Matsuzaki | Producer |
| Sound | Seiichi Suzuki | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Akira Mimura | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Akira Kurosawa | Editor |
| Art | Masao Tozuka | Art Direction |
| Directing | Seki Nakamura | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Tomohisa Higuchi | Sound |
| Writing | Akira Kurosawa | Screenplay |
| Lighting | Masaki Ônuma | Lighting Technician |
