Sugata Sanshirou
English title: Judo Story
Japanese title: 姿三四郎
Alternative titles: Sanshiro the Judoist
Type: TV Special
Source: Novel
Episodes: 1
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jun 8, 1981
Duration: 1 hr 12 min
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
Studios: Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Genres: Sports
Themes: Martial Arts

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.

Based on a novel by Tsuneo Tomita, which was adapted into a 1943 movie by young Akira Kurosawa.

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