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Sanshiro Sugata

Akira Kurosawa

1943 • 1h 19m

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-guar...

Sanshiro Sugata

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★ 4.5 AVG

Cast

Denjirō Ōkōchi

Denjirō ŌkōchiShogoro Yano

Susumu Fujita

Susumu FujitaSanshiro Sugata

Yukiko Todoroki

Yukiko TodorokiSayo Murai

Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

Ryūnosuke TsukigataGennosuke Higaki

Takashi Shimura

Takashi ShimuraHansuke Murai, Sayo's father

Ranko Hanai

Ranko HanaiOsumi Kodana

Sugisaku AoyamaTsunetami Iimura

Ichirō Sugai

Ichirō SugaiPolice Chief Mishima

Yoshio Kosugi

Yoshio KosugiMaster Saburo Kodama

Kokuten Kōdō

Kokuten KōdōBuddhist Priest

Michisaburō SegawaWada

Akitake Kōno

Akitake KōnoYoshima Dan

Sōji Kiyokawa

Sōji KiyokawaYujiro Toda

Kunio MitaKohei Tsuzaki

Akira NakamuraToranosuki Niiseki

Crew

Akira Kurosawa

Akira KurosawaDirector

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