Sanshiro Sugata (1943)
With Takashi Shimura, Ranko Hanai, Denjirō Ōkōchi, Susumu Fujita, Yukiko Todoroki, Ichirō Sugai, Kokuten Kōdō, Yoshio Kosugi
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Sanshiro Sugata (Japanese: 姿三四郎, Hepburn: Sugata Sanshirō; also known as Judo Saga) is a 1943 Japanese martial arts drama film written and directed by Akira Kurosawa, his feature directorial debut. It follows the story of the title character, played by Susumu Fujita, a talented though willful youth who learns discipline and martial prowess through his study of judo. The film is based on the 1942 novel by Tsuneo Tomita, which is a roman à clef of prominent judoka Shirō Saigō and the Kodokan–Totsuka rivalry.
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