Sanshiro Sugata Part Two (1945)
"Zoku Sugata Sanshirô" (original title)

Sugata returns to prove his judo mastery in a match against Western opponents.

Director:

Akira Kurosawa

Writers:

Akira Kurosawa, Tsuneo Tomita (novel)

Stars:

Denjirô Ôkôchi, Susumu Fujita, Ryûnosuke Tsukigata

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Denjirô Ôkôchi	...	Shogoro Yano
Susumu Fujita	...	Sanshiro Sugata
Ryûnosuke Tsukigata	...	Gennosuke Higaki / Teshin Higaki, Gennosuke's younger brother
Akitake Kôno	...	Genzaburo Higaki
Yukiko Todoroki	...	Sayo
Sôji Kiyokawa	...	Yujiro Toda
Masayuki Mori	...	Yoshima Dan
Seiji Miyaguchi	...	Kohei Tsuzaki
Ko Ishida	...	Daisuburo Hidarimonji
Kazu Hikari	...	Kihei Sekine
Kokuten Kôdô	...	Buddhist Priest Saiduchi
Ichirô Sugai	...	Yoshizo Fubiki
Osman Yusuf	...	American Sailor (as Osman Yusef)
Roy James	...	William Lister
E.H. Eric

Storyline

In this government-suggested sequel, Sugata again grows as a judo master, and demonstrates his (and by extension, all Japanese) superiority to the foreign warrior.

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Plot Keywords:

judo | sequel | reputation | terminal illness | karate chop | 

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Taglines:

The tale of Sanshiro Sugata continues!

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Genres:

Action | Adventure

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Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

3 May 1945 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Judo Saga II

Filming Locations:

Toho Studios, Tokyo, Japan

Company Credits

Production Co:

Toho Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

83 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Akira Kurosawa had no intention of ever making a sequel to Sanshiro Sugata, but Toho pressured him into it after its great success.

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Connections

Follows Sanshiro Sugata (1943)

User Reviews

A great disappointment

I searched for this film for many years after having seen and loved the original. After living in Japan for a while I came across a Japanese language version.

This movie was a great disappointment to me and I'm sorry to say that Donald Ritchie's observation that Akira did not seem to take this project seriously seems to hold true. It has none of the visual or dramatic impact of the first Sanshiro film leaving only a standard Japanese propaganda film with little in the way of new scenarios,characterization or concepts.

Unfortunately, even for fans like myself of Kurosawa this film is hardly worth watching.