Sanshiro Sugata (1943)

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.
Akira Kurosawa, Seki Nakamura
Denjirō Ōkōchi, Susumu Fujita, Yukiko Todoroki, Ryūnosuke Tsukigata, Takashi Shimura, Ranko Hanai, Sugisaku Aoyama, Ichirō Sugai, Yoshio Kosugi, Kokuten Kōdō, Michisaburo Segawa, Akitake Kôno, Sōji Kiyokawa, Kunio Mita, Akira Nakamura, Eisaburo Sakauchi, Ko Yamamuro, Ichirō Ryūzaki
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