Sanshiro Sugata

• Movies
• 1943-03-25
• JA
• Released
• 1h 20m
• JP
• Drama

• 6.5
• 135
• Trailer

Production

Toho Eiga

Storyline

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.