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Cast

Yoshimi Iwasaki

Yoshimi Iwasaki

Otomi Murai (voice)

Hideki Saijo

Hideki Saijo

Sanshiro Sugata (voice)

Chikao Ohtsuka

Chikao Ohtsuka

Gennosuke Higaki (voice)

Nachi Nozawa

Nachi Nozawa

Shogoro Yano (voice)

Kei Tomiyama

Kei Tomiyama

Kinnosuke Natsume (voice)

Youichi Miyagawa

Youichi Miyagawa

Hansuke Murai (voice)

Osamu Kato

Osamu Kato

Saburo Monma (voice)

Rihoko Yoshida

Rihoko Yoshida

Takako (voice)

Enjou Sanyuutei

Enjou Sanyuutei

Narrator (voice)

Hiroko Maruyama

Hiroko Maruyama

Kaneta Kimotsuki

Kaneta Kimotsuki

Kenichi Ogata

Kenichi Ogata

Koichi Kitamura

Koichi Kitamura

Reizō Nomoto

Reizō Nomoto

Shigezo Sasaoka

Shigezo Sasaoka

Keaton Yamada

Keaton Yamada

Toku Nishio

Toku Nishio

Yoku Shioya

Yoku Shioya

Daisuke Gori

Daisuke Gori

Yusaku Yara

Yusaku Yara

Crew

Fumio Kōnami

Fumio Kōnami

Screenplay

Kazuhiko Kato

Kazuhiko Kato

Character Designer

Hirokata Takahashi

Hirokata Takahashi

Director of Photography

Yutaka Fujioka

Yutaka Fujioka

Producer

Keiju Ishikawa

Keiju Ishikawa

Original Music Composer

Tsuneo Tomita

Tsuneo Tomita

Novel

Kazuhide Tomonaga

Kazuhide Tomonaga

Animation Director

Kiyohide Ohara

Kiyohide Ohara

Screenplay

Toshiyuki Hiruma

Toshiyuki Hiruma

Assistant Director

Yoshihisa Tsurubuchi

Yoshihisa Tsurubuchi

Editor

Masazumi Matsumiya

Masazumi Matsumiya

Art Direction

Eiichi Kubota

Eiichi Kubota

Producer

Yasumi Mikamoto

Yasumi Mikamoto

Director

Tatsuo Ikeuchi

Tatsuo Ikeuchi

Producer

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Sanshiro the Judoist

19810.0 / 1070 min
Action, Animation

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.