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Sanshiro Sugata

Sanshiro Sugata

Original Title: 姿三四郎

19652h 39m
ActionDrama

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Released

Release

1965

Runtime

2h 39m

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Storyline

"Judo Saga"

Remake of Akira Kurosawa's films "Sanshiro Sugata and "Sanshiro Sugata Part II". 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.

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Details

Status
Released
Runtime
2h 39m
May 29, 1965
Languages
Japanese
Director
Seiichiro Uchikawa
Production
TOHO
TOHO
Kurosawa Production
Kurosawa Production
Takarazuka Eiga Company Ltd.
Takarazuka Eiga Company Ltd.
Production Countries
Japan

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