Mrs. Judo
Subtitle: be strong, be gentle, be beautiful
By: a film by Yuriko Gamo Romer
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] :
Number of pages: 58
Copyright date: 2012
Subjects: Women teachers; Judo; Judo for women; Women martial artists
Description: "Documents the inspiring life journey of Keiko Fukuda who would defy thousands of years of tradition, choose her own path, and become judo history's only woman to attain the pinnacle 10th degree black belt. Accepting an invitation by judo's founder Jigoro Kano, Fukuda joins the newly formed women's division of the Kodokan in 1934. Over thirty years later, she embarks on a journey to teach judo in the United States. Captured on film, Fukuda returns to her homeland to pay homage to her past and acknowledges her hunble solitary life devoted to the art of judo. Fukuda continued teaching in her San Francisco dojo, until just before her death at 99 years of age."--Container.
Notes: Originally produced in the United States as a motion picture in 2012.

Wide screen.

Extra features include a special farewell tribute to Keiko Fukuda, a 2011 tenth degree celebration, Fukuda's 20th annual kata tournament, judo as cultural transmission, additional interviews, archival film clips and others.

Director, Yuriko Gamo Romer; cinematographers, Monica Lam, Emily Taguchi; editor, Yuriko Gamo Romer.

English and Japanese with English subtitles