1981
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1h 10m
Genres
Action
Animation
Production Companies
Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Sanshiro the Judoist (姿三四郎)
Overview
In the year 1882, Sanshirou comes to Tokyo seeking for a worthy martial arts teacher. There, he meets Yano - a judo master who single-handedly defeats 39 jujitsu practitioners. Extremely impressed by his skill, Sanshirou decides to become his disciple. Later, Sanshirou falls for Sayo Murai - a girl whose father is a martial arts instructor at the local police department; and he also has to face Higaki Gennosuke, a skilled jujitsu fighter and his greatest rival.
Key Crew
Screenplay: Fumio Kōnami, Kiyohide Ohara
Director of Photography: Hirokata Takahashi
Producer: Yutaka Fujioka, Eiichi Kubota, Tatsuo Ikeuchi
Director: Yasumi Mikamoto
