Sanshiro Sugata

Synopsis

Remake of Akira Kurosawa's films "Sanshiro Sugata and "Sanshiro Sugata Part II". 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.

Cast

Yūzō Kayama

Sanshiro Sugata

Toshirō Mifune

Shogoro Yano

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Genshiro

Eiji Okada

Gennosuke / Tesshin

Takashi Shimura

Mishima

Kenji Kodama

Bokuzen Hidari

Priest

Daisuke Katō

Hansuke Murai

Yumiko Kokonoe

Sayo, Hansuke's daughter

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Tatsuhiko Namisato

Daisaburo Hidarimonji

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Kinji Matsueda

Yoshimaro Dan

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Hiroshi Aoyama

Toranosuke Shinkai

Yoshirō Aoki

Yojiro Toda

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Kanji Kodama

Kohei Tsuzaki

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Yoji Arisawa

Nemoto

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Toshio Chiba

Torakichi

Chōko Iida

Old Lady

Takamaru Sasaki

Inuma

Yūnosuke Itō

Chisako Hara

Crew

Art

• Hiroshi Mizutani Art Direction

Camera

• Fukuzo Koizumi Director of Photography
• Daizo Tai Still Photographer

Directing

• Seiichiro Uchikawa Director

Lighting

• Kazuo Shimomura Lighting Technician

Production

• Tomoyuki Tanaka Producer
• Hiroshi Nezu Production Manager
• Akira Kurosawa Producer

Sound

• Koji Oshiumi Sound Recordist
• Masaru Satō Original Music Composer

Writing

• Tsuneo Tomita Novel
• Akira Kurosawa Writer