Sanshiro Sugata
Judo Saga
Remake of Kurosawa's films Sanshiro Sugata and Sanshiro Sugata part 2. 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.
- Genre: Action, Drama
- Studio: TOHO, Kurosawa Production, Takarazuka Eiga Company Ltd.
- Keyword: martial arts, sports, judo, love, practice, jujitsu
- Cast: Yūzō Kayama, Toshirō Mifune, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Eiji Okada, Takashi Shimura, Kenji Kodama