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Availability: Special Order - We do not normally keep stock of this title onhand. Once you order it, we will order it from our supplier and ship it out to you. We do not bill you for Special Order items until they ship. You cannot cancel Special Order items after purchase. AKA: Sugata Sanshiro || Judo Saga || Judo Story || Kurosawa's Judo Saga Director: Akira Kurosawa Released: 1943 [Japan] Genre: Drama     Sub-Genre: Action/Adventure Keywords:  Japan / Japanese || Martial Arts || Romance

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HKFlix Says:	A look at the very beginning of Judo, and one man's struggle to prove Judo's superiority to the then-common Jujitsu. He learns more about himself while honing his skills.
Avg. Rating:	3.7 / 5 (based on 3 ratings). What did you think of it?
Plot:	"Sanshiro Sugata" is the tale of the emergence of the fighting art of Judo in old Japan. Set in the late 19th century, the film follows a wayward young man, Sugata, and his quest for knowledge.
Overview:	Akira Kurosawa made his directorial debut with this exciting film set in the martial arts world of the late 19th century. Sugata, an inexperienced young fighter, becomes a judo pro under the guidance of a wise "sensei," or teacher. After becoming a master, he makes it his life's mission to convince everybody how much better the then-new martial arts form was compared to jujitsu. At the same time, he undergoes a quest for inner peace.
Cast:	Ryunosuke Tsukigata  ||  Akitake Kono  ||  Shoji Kiyokawa  ||  Kunio Mita  ||  Akira Nakamura  ||  Sugisaku Aoyama  ||  Kokuten Kodo  ||  Ichiro Sugai  ||  Susumu Fujita  ||  Ranko Hanai  ||  Yoshio Kosugi  ||  Denjiro Okochi  ||  Takashi Shimura  ||  Yukiko Todoroki (Click any actor to search for more of their movies!)
Running Time:	79 mins. (approx.)
Languages:	Japanese (Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround) Japanese (Dolby Digital 1.0 - Mono)
Subtitles:	ENGLISH
Distributor:	Eastern Eye/MadMan  [A Australia-Based Distributor]
Rating:	UN - "Unrated. This film has not been rated by the review board."
Features:	Full Screen (OAR) Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Mono Deleted Scenes Trailers DVD-9