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The story of Sanshiro, a strong stubborn youth, who travels into the city in order to learn Jujutsu. However, upon his arrival he discovers a new form of self-defence: Judo. The main character is based on Shiro Saigo, a legendary judoka.
Keywords
jujitsu
partially lost film
Casts
Denjirō Ōkōchi
Shogoro Yano
Susumu Fujita
Sanshiro Sugata
Yukiko Todoroki
Sayo Murai
Ryūnosuke Tsukigata
Gennosuke Higaki
Takashi Shimura
Hansuke Murai, Sayo's father
Ranko Hanai
Osumi Kodana
Sugisaku Aoyama
Tsunetami Iimura
Ichirō Sugai
Police Chief Mishima
Yoshio Kosugi
Master Saburo Kodama
Kokuten Kōdō
Buddhist Priest
Michisaburō Segawa
Wada
Akitake Kōno
Yoshima Dan
Sōji Kiyokawa
Yujiro Toda
Kunio Mita
Kohei Tsuzaki
Akira Nakamura
Toranosuki Niiseki
Eisaburo Sakauchi
Nemoto
Ko Yamamuro
Torakichi
Ichirō Ryūzaki
Monma's pupil (uncredited)
Crews
Akira Kurosawa
Director
Toshio Goto
Editor
Tsuneo Tomita
Novel
Keiji Matsuzaki
Producer
Seiichi Suzuki
Original Music Composer
Akira Mimura
Director of Photography
Akira Kurosawa
Editor
Masao Tozuka
Art Direction
Seki Nakamura
Assistant Director
Tomohisa Higuchi
Sound
Akira Kurosawa
Screenplay
Masaki Ônuma
Lighting Technician
Backdrops & Posters
