Sanshiro Sugata

Sanshiro Sugata 1943 Directed by Akira Kurosawa 姿三四郎

The story of Sanshiro, a strong stubborn youth, who travels into the city in order to learn Jujutsu. However, upon his arrival he discovers a new form of self-defence: Judo. The main character is based on Shiro Saigo, a legendary judoka.

Country Japan

Production Country Japan

Language Japanese

Spoken Language Japanese

Gnere Drama

Production Company Toho Eiga Co., Ltd.

Release Date 25 March 1943

80 mins

Cast

Denjirō Ōkōchi Shogoro Yano

Susumu Fujita Sanshiro Sugata

Yukiko Todoroki Sayo Murai

Ryūnosuke Tsukigata Gennosuke Higaki

Takashi Shimura Hansuke Murai, Sayo's father

Ranko Hanai Osumi Kodana

Sugisaku Aoyama Tsunetami Iimura

Ichirō Sugai Police Chief Mishima

Yoshio Kosugi Master Saburo Kodama

Kokuten Kōdō Buddhist Priest

Michisaburō Segawa Wada

Akitake Kōno Yoshima Dan

Sōji Kiyokawa Yujiro Toda

Kunio Mita Kohei Tsuzaki

Akira Nakamura Toranosuki Niiseki

Eisaburo Sakauchi Nemoto

Ko Yamamuro Torakichi

Ichirō Ryūzaki Monma's pupil (uncredited)

Crew

Director

Akira Kurosawa

Writer

Akira Kurosawa

Producer

Keiji Matsuzaki

Cinematography

Akira Mimura

Composer

Seiichi Suzuki

Editors

Toshio Goto

Akira Kurosawa

Sound

Tomohisa Higuchi

Original Writer

Tsuneo Tomita

Art Direction

Masao Tozuka

Lighting

Masaki Ônuma

Assistant Director

Seki Nakamura

Part of Sanshiro Sugata Collection