Sanshiro the Judoist
1981 · 70 min · 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.
- Director
- Yasumi Mikamoto
- Writers
- Kiyohide Ohara, Tsuneo Tomita, Fumio Kōnami
- Released
- June 8, 1981
- Language
- Japanese
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)
Youichi Miyagawa
Hansuke Murai (voice)
Osamu Kato
Saburo Monma (voice)
Rihoko Yoshida
Takako (voice)
Enjou Sanyuutei
Narrator (voice)
Hiroko Maruyama
Kaneta Kimotsuki
Kenichi Ogata
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