

03/05/1945
A few years after his breakthrough, Sanshiro resumes his path to judo mastery—testing his discipline against an American prizefighter and later facing vengeful karate brothers. As rival schools and public spectacle push him toward violence, he must reconcile strength with restraint and the true spirit of his art.

Denjirō Ōkōchi
as Shogoro Yano

Susumu Fujita
as Sanshiro Sugata

Ryūnosuke Tsukigata
as Gennosuke Higaki / Teshin Higaki, Gennosuke's younger brother

Akitake Kōno
as Genzaburo Higaki

Yukiko Todoroki
as Sayo

Sōji Kiyokawa
as Yujiro Toda

Masayuki Mori
as Yoshima Dan

Seiji Miyaguchi
as Kohei Tsuzaki

Ko Ishida
as Daisuburo Hidarimonji

Ko Yamamuro
as

Kokuten Kōdō
as Buddhist Priest Saiduchi

Ichirō Sugai
as Yoshizo Fubiki

Osman Yusuf
as American Sailor (uncredited)

Roy James
as William Lister (uncredited)

E.H. Eric
as (uncredited)
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