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Sanshiro the Judoist
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Sanshiro the Judoist

1981
Directed byYasumi Mikamoto
1h 10m

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.

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Yoshimi IwasakiOtomi Murai (voice)Hideki SaijoSanshiro Sugata (voice)
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Chikao Ohtsuka
Gennosuke Higaki (voice)
Nachi NozawaShogoro Yano (voice)
Kei TomiyamaKinnosuke Natsume (voice)
Youichi MiyagawaHansuke Murai (voice)
Osamu KatoSaburo Monma (voice)
Rihoko YoshidaTakako (voice)
Enjou SanyuuteiNarrator (voice)
Hiroko Maruyama
DETAILS
GENRES
ActionAnimation
STATUSReleased
RATING
NR

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