SANSHIRO SUGATA (1943)

 




















Directed by: Akira Kurosawa
Based on the novel by: Tsuneo Tomita
Starring: Denjiro Okochi, Susumu Fujita, Yukiko Todoroki, Takashi Shimura, Ryunosuke Tsukigata, Ranko Hanai, Sugisaku Aoyama, Ichiro Sugai, Yoshio Kosugi, Kokuten Kodo, Michisaburo Segawa, Akitake Kono, Shoji Kiyokawa, Kunio Mita, Akira Nakamura, Eisaburo Sakauchi, Hajime Hikari

97 minutes
(NR - adult themes)
Country of origin: Japan

PLOT:
Sugata, a young man, struggles to learn the nuance and meaning of judo, and in doing so comes to learn something of the meaning of life.

Directorial debut of legendary filmmaker Akira Kurosawa.

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