"The story of Sanshiro Sugata, a young man who wants to learn the new art of judo. A wise teacher reveals to Sanshiro that judo is not merely a means of combat nor a demonstration of physical skill, but an art which reveals the artist to himself."
Muga Takewaki
as Sanshiro Sugata
Nana Ozaki
as
Joji Takagi
as Gennosuke Higaki
Meichō Soganoya
Kohji Moritsugu
as Yujiro Toda
Yūji Hori
as Hansuke Murai
Fumiko Sakakibara
as Osumi
Kunio Kaga
as Saburo Monma
Mari Shiraki
Ichirō Ryūzaki
as Inspector Mishima
Jiro Takagi
Tadaomi Ozawa
as Yoshimaro Dan
Tetsuya Oshita
as Kohei Tsuzaki
Eiji Muto
as Master Iinuma
Kōji Takahashi
as Shogoro Yano
Kunio Watanabe
Director
Susumu Yasuda
Sound Recordist
Masanori Tsujii
Editor
Hiroshi Nishimae
Director of Photography
Koken Kimura
Art Direction
Yutaka Makino
Original Music Composer
Writer
Mizuhiko Iinuma
Lighting Technician
Koichi Enatsu
Production Supervisor
Tsuneo Tomita
Original Story