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Akira Kurosawa (writer)
Tsuneo Tomita (novel)
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Release Date:
3 May 1945 (Japan) more
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The tale of Sanshiro Sugata continues!
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In this government-suggested sequel, Sugata again grows as a judo master, and demonstrates his (and by extension... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Denjirô Ôkôchi ... Shogoro Yano
Susumu Fujita ... Sanshiro Sugata
Ryunosuke Tsukigata ... Gennosuke Higaki / Teshin Higaki, Gennosuke's younger brother
Akitake Kôno ... Genzaburo Higaki
Yukiko Todoroki ... Sayo
Shôji 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
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Also Known As:
Judo Saga II
Judo Story II
Sanshiro Sugata II (Australia)
Sanshiro Sugata Part Two
Sanshiro Sugata Sequel (literal English title)
Sanshiro Sugata Zoku (Japan) (alternative title)
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83 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Did Kurosawa really direct this?, 4 September 2004
Author: Matt Hiebert from Missouri

I have seen every Akira Kurosawa movie available on VHS or DVD and this is the first "bad" one among them. In fact, I will be so bold as to say I doubt he really directed it. His name is on the credits but I don't see a shred of him in the work. No environmentally framed shots, no contrasts of light and dark, no horizon dividing the frames. He must have done this one with a week of shooting time or a budget of 50 Yen. The comical fight between the Judo stylist and Karate stylist literally made me laugh out loud. It looked like parody. Nothing like the climatic fight in the first Sugata Sanshiro. Also the subtitles were apparently done by someone in China who could speak a little Japanese and a little English. They use the word "karate" for both karate and judo, and since the main conflict is between the two styles, you'd better pay attention to who's doing the the talking or you'll never follow the plot. The movie just about "braked" me.

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