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Movie · 1943

Sanshiro Sugata

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Martial arts discipline Coming of age Humility through training Mentor apprentice Old guard versus modernity Spiritual transformation

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Release
1943
Runtime
79 min

Synopsis

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.

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