Sanshiro Sugata Part II
| Sanshiro Sugata Part II | |
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 Original Japanese poster | |
| Directed by | Akira Kurosawa |
| Produced by | Motohiko Itō |
| Written by |
Akira Kurosawa Tsuneo Tomita |
| Starring |
Susumu Fujita Denjirō Ōkōchi Kokuten Kōdō Ryūnosuke Tsukigata |
| Music by | Seiichi Suzuki |
Production company | |
| Distributed by |
Toho (Japan) Film Distribution Inc. (USA) |
Release dates |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Sanshiro Sugata Part II (續姿三四郎 Zoku Sugata Sanshirō, aka Judo Saga II) is a 1945 film written and directed by Akira Kurosawa. It is based on the novel by Tsuneo Tomita. It was filmed in early 1945 in Japan towards the end of World War II. Unlike the original Sugata Sanshiro, the sequel is considered a propaganda film.[1]
Plot
In the 1880s, a martial arts student continues his quest to become a Judo master, from that discipline's founder. Eventually, he learns enough to demonstrate his skill in a boxing match between American and Japanese fighters- at the end of the movie. The whole movie is actually about the rivalry between karate and judo martial artists, and Sanshiro's struggle to do whats right. On one side there is the morally right thing to do, and on the other the rules in the dojo. Eventually he decides to break literally all the rules, leave the dojo, fight the American boxer and, also, the karate masters. He wins both fights and at the end of the movie smiles while washing his face, finally able to sleep and finally happy
Cast
- Denjirō Ōkōchi - Shogoro Yano
- Susumu Fujita - Sanshiro Sugata
- Ryūnosuke Tsukigata - Gennosuke Higaki
- Akitake Kōno - Genzaburo Higaki
- Yukiko Todoroki - Sayo
- Soji Kiyokawa - Yujiro Toda
- Masayuki Mori - Yoshima Dan
- Seiji Miyaguchi - Kohei Tsuzaki
- Ko Ishida - Daisuburo Hidarimonji
- Kazu Hikari - Kihei Sekine
- Kokuten Kōdō - Buddhist Priest Saiduchi
- Ichiro Sugai - Yoshizo Fubiki
References
- ↑ Chris Gosling. Akira Kurosawa: Master of Cinema by Peter Cowie. Accessed 2012-02-19.
External links
- Sanshiro Sugata Part Two at the Internet Movie Database
- Sanshiro Sugata Part II at AllMovie
- Sanshiro Sugata PartII (Japanese) at the Japanese Movie Database
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