Sanshiro Sugata ( Sugata Sanshirô ) ( Judo Saga )

Sanshiro Sugata (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Sugata Sanshirô
Alternate Title: Judo Saga
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Japanese ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Japanese ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 4 )

Running Time:
79 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Deleted Scenes
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1943 and produced in:
Japan ( India, Eastern Asia )

Directed By:
Akira Kurosawa

Written By:
Akira Kurosawa
Tsuneo Tomita (novel)

Actors:
Denjirô Ôkôchi ..... Shogoro Yano
Susumu Fujita ..... Sanshiro Sugata
Yukiko Todoroki ..... Sayo Murai
Ryunosuke Tsukigata ..... Gennosuke Higaki
Takashi Shimura ..... Hansuke Murai, Sayo's father
Ranko Hanai ..... Osumi Kodana
Sugisaku Aoyama ..... Tsunetami Iimura
Ichirô Sugai ..... Police Chief Mishima
Yoshio Kosugi ..... Master Saburo Kodama
Kokuten Kodo ..... Buddhist Priest
Michisaburo Segawa ..... Wada
Akitake Kôno ..... Yoshima Dan
Shôji Kiyokawa ..... Yujiro Toda
Kunio Mita ..... Kohei Tsuzaki
Akira Nakamura ..... Toranosuki Niiseki

Synopsis:

Sanshiro, a strong stubborn youth, comes to the city to apprentice at a jujitsu school. His first night, he sees Yano in action, a master of judo, a more spiritual art, and he begs to be Yano's student. As the youth learns technique, he must also learn 'satori,' the calm acceptance of Nature's law. If he can balance strength and control, then judo may become the training regimen for the city's police, Sanshiro can gain respect from an old teacher in a jujitsu school, and he can win the hand of Sayo, that teacher's daughter, who is also sought by jujitsu's finest master, the implacable Higaki, who vows to kill Sanshiro in a midnight fight on a windswept mountainside.

The Directorial debut from one of the screen's greatest ever Directors - Akira Kurosawa. Sanshiro Sugata is the tale of the emergence of the fighting art of Judo in old Japan. Set in the late 19th century, the film follows a wayward young man Sugata and his quest for knowledge. After witnessing some Ju-Jitsu bullies beaten by a man with a new fighting style, Sugata yearns to learn the emerging art of Judo. As Sugata aims to beat the Ju-Jitsu masters he also fights a battle with his inner self.

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.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 15 November, 2005.

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