Sanshiro Sugata

Name: Sanshiro Sugata
Genre: Drama
Released: 1943-03-25
Duration: 1 h 19 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Denjirō Ōkōchi, Susumu Fujita, Yukiko Todoroki, Ryūnosuke Tsukigata, Takashi Shimura

姿三四郎 (1943)

Timing: 1:19 (79 min)

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Release date

1943-03-25

Country

Japan

Production

TOHO, Toho Film (Eiga) Co. Ltd.

Genre

Drama

Budget

Box office

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Director

Akira Kurosawa

Actors

Denjirō Ōkōchi, Susumu Fujita, Yukiko Todoroki, Ryūnosuke Tsukigata, Takashi Shimura, Ranko Hanai, Sugisaku Aoyama, Ichirō Sugai, Yoshio Kosugi, Kokuten Kōdō
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Scenario

Producer

Keiji Matsuzaki

Camera operator

Akira Mimura

Composer

Seiichi Suzuki

Artist

Audition

Editing

Akira Kurosawa, Toshio Goto, Toshio Goto
Whole Team (11)

Short description

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.

What's left behind the scenes

In March 1944, the film fell victim to censorship. Without the director's knowledge, the film underwent numerous cuts and was shortened by almost 20 minutes (approximately 600 meters of film were removed).