Sanshiro Sugata

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-guard challengers—including a deadly duel—while falling for his vanquished opponent’s daughter. Based on the novel by Tsuneo Tomita, son of Tomita Tsunejirō, the earliest disciple of judo.

• Akira KurosawaDirector
• Seiichi SuzukiOriginal Music Composer
• Akira KurosawaScreenplay

• Denjirō ŌkōchiShogoro Yano
• Susumu FujitaSanshiro Sugata
• Yukiko TodorokiSayo Murai
• Ryūnosuke TsukigataGennosuke Higaki
• Takashi ShimuraHansuke Murai, Sayo's father
• Ranko HanaiOsumi Kodana
• Sugisaku AoyamaTsunetami Iimura
• Ichirō SugaiPolice Chief Mishima
• Yoshio KosugiMaster Saburo Kodama
• Kokuten KōdōBuddhist Priest
• Michisaburō SegawaWada
• Akitake KōnoYoshima Dan