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Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two

1945 · 83 min

A sincere, old-fashioned martial-arts drama that builds quiet tension through disciplined fights and moral struggle, ending on a note of hard-won peace.

Directed by
Akira Kurosawa
Genres
Action, Drama, Adventure
Starring
Denjirō Ōkōchi, Susumu Fujita, Ryūnosuke Tsukigata
Overview
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.

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Directed by
Akira Kurosawa
Genres
Action, Drama, Adventure
Starring
Denjirō Ōkōchi, Susumu Fujita, Ryūnosuke Tsukigata
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Tone
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • justice
  • violence
  • loyalty
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
action, drama, adventure
Directed by
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Written by
Akira Kurosawa
Starring
Denjirō Ōkōchi, Susumu Fujita, Ryūnosuke Tsukigata, Akitake Kōno, Yukiko Todoroki, Sōji Kiyokawa, Masayuki Mori, Seiji Miyaguchi
Music
Seiichi Suzuki
Cinematography
Takeo Itō
Runtime
83 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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