Main content | Search | Section navigation menu | Site-wide navigation menu

Main menu

 
 
 

Sanshiro Sugata

 

Japan 1943, 80 minutes
Dir. Akira Kurosawa
Rating: [PG]
Genres: Foreign Cinema / Martial Arts

Feat. Denjirô Ôkôchi, Susumu Fujita

 

Aroview: Notable chiefly as the debut directorial effort for Akira Kurosawa, this adaptation of Tsuneo Tomita's novel finds an immature Judo exponent (Fujita) gradually improving his martial craft and attitude in the turbulent 1880s. Satisfying for the curious and remarkably confident, this still only displays occasional flashes of visual dexterity characteristic of the dir.'s distinctive style.

Have your say  Reviewing Films


 

DVD Features

  • deleted scenes
  • trailers
  • aspect ratio: 4:3 (original academy)
 

Close Relatives

Sanshiro Sugata cover
Rental
DVD (R4) $6 Rent

Prices in $NZD (incl. GST)

Your basket is empty