Sanshiro Sugata Movie Review 1943

Kurosawa's first film. A young man learns discipline in martial arts from a patient master. Climactic fight scene is early signature Kurosawa. In Japanese with English subtitles.

Distribution

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Available on VHS
Running time 82 minutes.
Originally from Japanese.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Martial Arts

Cast

Denjiro Okochi, Yukiko Todoroki, Ranko Hanai, Ryonosuke Tsukigata, Sugisaku Aoyama, Kokuten Kodo, Susumo Fusuita, Takashi Shimura

Director

Akira Kurosawa

Producer

Toho Films