Remake of Akira Kurosawa's films "Sanshiro Sugata and "Sanshiro Sugata Part II". A young man, Sanshiro Sugata, troubled by personal problems, takes up judo. His teacher, Shogoro Yano, is a devout man who has aroused the enmity of the local practitioners of jujitsu, the older and more accepted of the two sports. Sugata uses his newly learned prowess to gain a measure of respect from others; however, Shogoro insists that the sport has a spiritual side, a lesson Sugata has yet to learn. Eventually, in hand-to-hand combat with the father of a young woman he loves, he comes to understand the true meaning of judo.
as Sanshiro Sugata
as Shogoro Yano
as Genshiro
as Gennosuke / Tesshin
as Mishima
as Priest
as Hansuke Murai
as Sayo, Hansuke's daughter
as Daisaburo Hidarimonji
as Yoshimaro Dan
as Toranosuke Shinkai
as Yojiro Toda
as Kohei Tsuzaki
as Nemoto
as Torakichi
as Old Lady
as Inuma
