The Legend of the great judo

the Legend of the great judo ( Sugata Sanshiro ) is a Japanese film carried out by Akira Kurosawa, left in 1943.

Synopsis

In 1882, the young person Sanshiro Sugata wants to learn ancestral art from the Ju-jitsu, but he discovers the Judo and becomes about it immediately a follower.

Data sheet

Title: the Legend of the great judo
original Title: Sugata Sanshiro (姿三四郎)
English Title: Judo Saga
Realization: Akira Kurosawa
Scenario: Akira Kurosawa, according to the novel of Tsuneo Tomita
Production: Keiji Matsuzaki
Production company: Toho
Music: Seiichi Suzuki
Photography: Akira Mimura
Assembly: Toshio Goto and Akira Kurosawa
Country of origin: Japan
Format: Black and white - 1,37:1 - Mono - 35 mm
Kind: Drama, action
Lasted: 80 minutes
Coming out date: March 25th 1943 (Japan)
License: Public domain since July 2006

Distribution

Denjirô Ôkôchi : Shogoro Yano
Susumu Fujita : Sanshiro Sugata
Yukiko Todoroki : Sayo Walled
Ryunosuke Tsukigata: Gennosuke Higaki
Takashi Shimura : Hansuke Walled, the father of Sayo
Ranko Hanai: Osumi Kodana
Sugisaku Aoyama : Tsunetami Iimura
Ichirô Sugai : the chief of the police force Mishima
Yoshio Kosugi: the Master Saburo Kodama
Kokuten Kodo: the Buddhist priest
Michisaburo Segawa: Wada
Akitake Kôno : Yoshima daN
Shôji Kiyokawa: Yujiro Toda
Kunio Mita : Kohei Tsuzaki
Akira Nakamura : Toranosuki Niiseki

Around film

the Legend of the great judo is the very first feature-length film of the scenario writer.
turning was held with Kyōto.
the film be entitled to a continuation, the New legend of the great judo , always realized by Akira Kurosawa in 1945, like with many remakes: Sugata Sanshiro , realized by Shigeo Tanaka in 1955, Sugata Sanshiro , produced by Akira Kurosawa and carried out by Seiichiro Uchikawa in 1965, has Honest Generous Era , carried out by Sadao Nakajima in 1966, Dawn off Judo , carried out by Kunio Watanabe in 1970, like Sugata Sanshiro , carried out by Kihachi Okamoto in 1977.

External bonds

the Legend of the great judo on Internet Movie Database
See film on Google Video

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