Dawn of Judo (1970)
The story of Sanshiro Sugata, a young man who wants to learn the new art of judo. A wise teacher reveals to Sanshiro that judo is not merely a means of combat nor a demonstration of physical skill, but an art which reveals the artist to himself. This is a remake of Akira Kurosawa's films "Sanshiro Sugata" and "Sanshiro Sugata Part II"
Director: Kunio Watanabe
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Muga Takewaki as Sanshiro Sugata |
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Nana Ozaki as |
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Joji Takagi as Gennosuke Higaki |
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Meichō Soganoya as |
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Kohji Moritsugu as Yujiro Toda |
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Yūji Hori as Hansuke Murai |
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Fumiko Sakakibara as Osumi |
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Kunio Kaga as Saburo Monma |
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Mari Shiraki as |
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Ichirō Ryūzaki as Inspector Mishima |
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Jiro Takagi as |
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Tadaomi Ozawa as Yoshimaro Dan |
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Tetsuya Oshita as Kohei Tsuzaki |
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Eiji Muto as Master Iinuma |
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Kōji Takahashi as Shogoro Yano |
| Writing | Tsuneo Tomita | Original Story |
| Camera | Hiroshi Nishimae | Director of Photography |
| Lighting | Mizuhiko Iinuma | Lighting Technician |
| Art | Koken Kimura | Art Direction |
| Sound | Yutaka Makino | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Koichi Enatsu | Production Supervisor |
| Crew | Susumu Yasuda | Sound Recordist |
| Editing | Masanori Tsujii | Editor |
| Writing | Kunio Watanabe | Writer |
| Directing | Kunio Watanabe | Director |