- Country: Japan
- Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama
- Release: 1974-04-28
- Director: Akira Kurosawa
- Writers: Akira Kurosawa , Tsuneo Tomita
- Language: Japanese
- Stars: Denjirō Ōkōchi , Susumu Fujita , Yukiko Todoroki , Ryūnosuke Tsukigata , Takashi Shimura , Ranko Hanai , Sugisaku Aoyama , Ichirō Sugai , Yoshio Kosugi , Kokuten Kōdō
- Runtime: 79 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: Sanshiro Sugata (Australia) , 姿三四郎 (Japan) , La légende du grand judo (France, French Republic) , La légende de judo (France, French Republic) , 鐵臂柔腸 (Hong Kong) , Sanshiro Sugata (Italy) , Saga o džudu (Croatia) , Judo Story , Sanshiro sugata (Greece) , A judo legendája (Hungary) , Die Legende vom großen Judo (Germany) , La leyenda del judo (Uruguay, Eastern Republic of) , La leyenda del gran judo (Spain) , Гений на джудото (Bulgaria) , Saga o judo (Poland) , Sanshiro Sugata (United States of America) , En judosaga (Denmark) , Džudo saga (Serbia) , Judo Saga I (United States of America) , Judo Saga , Kurosawa's Judo Saga , A Saga do Judô (Brazil) , La leyenda del gran judo (Mexico) , Sugata Sanshirô , Sanshiro Sugata (United Kingdom) , Легенда о великом мастере дзюдо , Sugata Sanshirō (Japan)
- Plot:
The story of Sanshiro, a strong stubborn youth, who travels into the city in order to learn Jujutsu. However, upon his arrival he discovers a new form of self-defence: Judo. The main character is based on Shiro Saigo, a legendary judoka.
- IMDB:tt0036400
Sanshiro Sugata Cast · · · ALL
Akira Kurosawa
Director
Denjirō Ōkōchi
Shogoro Yano
Susumu Fujita
Sanshiro Sugata
Yukiko Todoroki
Sayo Murai
Ryūnosuke Tsukigata
Gennosuke Higaki
Takashi Shimura
Hansuke Murai, Sayo's father
Ranko Hanai
Osumi Kodana
Sugisaku Aoyama
Tsunetami Iimura
Ichirō Sugai
Police Chief Mishima
Yoshio Kosugi
Master Saburo Kodama
Kokuten Kōdō
Buddhist Priest
Michisaburo Segawa
Wada
Akitake Kôno
Yoshima Dan
Sōji Kiyokawa
Yujiro Toda
Kunio Mita
Kohei Tsuzaki
Akira Nakamura
Toranosuki Niiseki
Ko Yamamuro
Torakichi
Ichirō Ryūzaki
Monma's pupil (uncredited)