The read
Critics rate it 13 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes80%
Critics rate it 13 points higher than audiences do.
150 audience votes
Key crew
- Akira KurosawaDirector
- Seiichi SuzukiOriginal Music Composer
- Akira KurosawaScreenplay
Cast
- 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
Stills
Themes
based on novel or bookjudojujitsupartially lost filmadaptation