

A few years after his breakthrough, Sanshiro resumes his path to judo mastery—testing his discipline against an American prizefighter and later facing vengeful karate brothers. As rival schools and public spectacle push him toward violence, he must reconcile strength with restraint and the true spirit of his art.
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
User score
62 votes
Released
May 3, 1945
1h 23m
Japanese

Denjirō Ōkōchi
Shogoro Yano

Susumu Fujita
Sanshiro Sugata

Ryūnosuke Tsukigata
Gennosuke Higaki / Teshin Higaki, Gennosuke's younger brother

Akitake Kōno
Genzaburo Higaki

Yukiko Todoroki
Sayo

Sōji Kiyokawa
Yujiro Toda

Masayuki Mori
Yoshima Dan

Seiji Miyaguchi
Kohei Tsuzaki
Ko Ishida
Daisuburo Hidarimonji
Ko Yamamuro

Kokuten Kōdō
Buddhist Priest Saiduchi

Ichirō Sugai
Yoshizo Fubiki

Osman Yusuf
American Sailor (uncredited)
Roy James
William Lister (uncredited)

E.H. Eric
(uncredited)