
1943
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.

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)

Desert Hearts

Contempt

The Silence of the Lambs

Eyes Wide Shut

The Devil Wears Prada

A Beautiful Mind

Das Boot

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Jan Cimbura

Štvaní lidé

Downtown Owl

Bad Guy Beach

Kariéra

Karline manželstvá

Farewell, Mr. President

Bratři Karamazovi

Zajatci tmy

Milarepa

A Thousand Boy Kisses

The Mighty Angel