The Decisive Power of Aikido (1975)
It is about the life of Ueshiba - the founder of aikido. We can see how he decided to develop aikido and how he did it. We can see why he developed aikido and where he has learned martial arts.
Director:
Shigehiro Ozawa
Writers:
Seiko Shimura, Kōji Takada.
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Jirô Chiba as Morihei Ueshiba |
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Sonny Chiba as |
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Yōko Koizumi as Mine |
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Yoko Horikoshi as Hatsu |
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Ryūnosuke Kaneda as Onisaburo Deguchi |
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Akira Shioji as |
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Takashi Noguchi as |
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Kazuyuki Saito as |
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Michimaro Otabe as |
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Masataka Iwao as |
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Seigo Inoue as |
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Tetsuo Torisu as |
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Teruo Fujinaga as |
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Takanori Oya as |
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Mineko Maruhira as Nami Takahashi |
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Reiichi Hatanaka as |
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Hiroshi Hatano as |
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Satoru Nabe as |
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Yasuo Matsumoto as |
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Jiro Shirai as |
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Takaya Shimoyama as |
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Shunji Sasaki as Fujishima |
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Kenji Ikeda as |
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Jo Moriya as |
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Masafumi Suzuki as |
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Tetsuo Fujisawa as |
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Gentarō Mori as |
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Yukio Yano as |
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Yasumori Hikita as |
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Junpei Arishima as |
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Tetsu Sakai as Narrator (voice) |
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Masafumi Suzuki as Sokaku Takeda |
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Go Otsuka as |
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Etsuko Shihomi as |
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Tsunehiko Watase as |
| Directing | Shigehiro Ozawa | Director |
| Sound | Toshiaki Tsushima | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Kenji Tsukagoshi | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Seiko Shimura | Screenplay |
| Writing | Kōji Takada | Screenplay |
| Art | Yoshikazu Sano | Art Direction |
| Editing | Tadao Kanda | Editor |
| Directing | Akiyasu Tawarazaka | Assistant Director |