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.
Stars: Yūzō Kayama, Toshirō Mifune, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Eiji Okada, Takashi Shimura, Kenji Kodama
Crew: Seiichirô Uchikawa (Director), Akira Kurosawa (Writer), Tsuneo Tomita (Novel), Fukuzo Koizumi (Director of Photography), Koji Oshiumi (Sound Recordist), Akira Kurosawa (Producer)
Country: Japan
Language: 日本語
Studio: TOHO, Kurosawa Production, Takarazuka Eiga Company Ltd.
Runtime: 159 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: May 29, 1965
IMDb: 4
