Sanshiro the Judoist

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.

Country:

Japan

Genre:

Action,

Animation

Duration:

70 minutes

Year:

1981

Director:

Yasumi Mikamoto

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Company:

Tokyo Movie Shinsha

Cast:
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)

Crew:
Fumio Kōnami

Screenplay

Kazuhiko Kato

Character Designer

Hirokata Takahashi

Director of Photography

Yutaka Fujioka

Producer

Keiju Ishikawa

Original Music Composer