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Sanshiro Sugata

7.119652h 39mMovieActionDrama

Remake of Akira Kurosawa's films "Sanshiro Sugata and "Sanshiro Sugata Part II". A young man, Sanshiro Sugata, troubled by personal problems, takes up judo. His teacher, Shogoro Yano, is a devout man who has aroused the enmity of the local…

DirectorSeiichiro Uchikawa
WriterAkira Kurosawa
ProducersAkira Kurosawa·Tomoyuki Tanaka

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Cast · Directed by Seiichiro Uchikawa

YKYūzō Kayama
Yūzō Kayama
Sanshiro Sugata
TMToshirō Mifune
Toshirō Mifune
Shogoro Yano
TYTsutomu Yamazaki
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Genshiro
EOEiji Okada
Eiji Okada
Gennosuke / Tesshin
TSTakashi Shimura
Takashi Shimura
Mishima
KKKenji Kodama
Kenji Kodama
BHBokuzen Hidari
Bokuzen Hidari
Priest
DKDaisuke Katō
Daisuke Katō
Hansuke Murai
YKYumiko Kokonoe
Yumiko Kokonoe
Sayo, Hansuke's daughter
TN
Tatsuhiko Namisato
Daisaburo Hidarimonji
KM
Kinji Matsueda
Yoshimaro Dan
HA
Hiroshi Aoyama
Toranosuke Shinkai

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