Film

Sanshiro the Judoist

1981 · 1h 10m · Action · Animation

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.

Yoshimi Iwasaki

Otomi Murai (voice)

Hideki Saijo

Sanshiro Sugata (voice)

Chikao Ohtsuka

Gennosuke Higaki (voice)

Nachi Nozawa

Shogoro Yano (voice)

Kei Tomiyama

Kinnosuke Natsume (voice)

Youichi Miyagawa

Hansuke Murai (voice)

Osamu Kato

Saburo Monma (voice)

Rihoko Yoshida

Takako (voice)

Enjou Sanyuutei

Narrator (voice)

Hiroko Maruyama

Kaneta Kimotsuki

Kenichi Ogata

Koichi Kitamura

Reizō Nomoto

Shigezo Sasaoka

Keaton Yamada

• Yasumi MikamotoDirector
• Fumio KōnamiScreenplay
• Kiyohide OharaScreenplay
• Tsuneo TomitaNovel
• Yutaka FujiokaProducer
• Eiichi KubotaProducer
• Tatsuo IkeuchiProducer
• Hirokata TakahashiDirector of Photography
• Keiju IshikawaOriginal Music Composer
• Masatoshi TsurubuchiEditor

Release date

June 8, 1981

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 10m

Genres

Action, Animation

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