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Director:
Akira Kurosawa
Writers:
Akira Kurosawa
Tsuneo Tomita (novel)
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Release Date:
3 May 1945 (Japan) See more »
Genre:
Action | Adventure See more »
Tagline:
The tale of Sanshiro Sugata continues!
Plot:
Sugata returns to prove his judo mastery in a match against Western opponents. Full summary » | Add synopsis »
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Cast

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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
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Directed by
Akira Kurosawa 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Akira Kurosawa 
Tsuneo Tomita  novel

Produced by
Motohiko Ito .... producer
 
Original Music by
Seiichi Suzuki 
 
Cinematography by
Takeo Itô 
 
Film Editing by
Akira Kurosawa (uncredited)
 
Production Design by
Kazuo Kubo 
 
Production Management
Takehiro Aoki .... in charge of production
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Hiromichi Horikawa .... assistant director
Jin Usami .... assistant director
 
Sound Department
Shôji Kameyama .... sound
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Choshiro Ishii .... lighting technician
Taizo Shin .... still photographer
Jun Yamazaki .... still photographer
 
Editorial Department
Yoshie Yaguchi .... negative cutter
 
Other crew
Tsuneo Horiguchi .... kento instructor
Yasuhiro Konishi .... karate instructor
Kinnosuke Sato .... judo instructor
Norikazu Takamura .... judo instructor
Hachiko Toi .... script supervisor
 
Crew believed to be complete


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Additional Details

Also Known As:
"Sanshiro Sugata Part Two" - , International (English title)
"Judo Saga II" -
"Judo Story II" -
"Sanshiro Sugata II" - Australia
"Sanshiro Sugata Sequel" - (literal English title)
"Sanshiro Sugata Zoku" - Japan (alternative title)
"En judosaga II" - Denmark
"La légende de judo II" - France
"La nouvelle légende du grand judo" - France
"La nueva leyenda del gran Judo" - Spain
"Sanshiro Sugata" - Italy
"Sanshiro Sugata 2" - Greece (DVD title)
"Sugata Sanshiro Fortsetzung" - Germany
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Runtime:
83 min
Country:
Japan
Language:
Japanese
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Australia:PG
Filming Locations:
Toho Studios, Tokyo, Japan
Company:
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Did You Know?

Trivia:
Kurosawa had no intention of ever making a sequel to Sanshiro Sugata (1943), but Toho pressured him into it after its great success.See more »
Movie Connections:
Remade as Sugata Sanshirô (2007) (TV)See more »

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Better Than First, 14 November 2008
Author: Michael_Elliott from Louisville, KY

Sanshiro Sugata 2 (1945)

** 1/2 (out of 4)

Kurosawa's sequel has Sugata (Susumu Fujita) still growing in the world of judo but outsiders are wanting to make the fighting style a sport and put it up against American boxing. This is a rather strange film but I do think it's better than the original just because of how out there it is. I've read that the government forced Kurosawa into making this and you can tell because that plays a part in the film. American boxing is really looked down upon and fighting as a sport is shown to be evil and this really translates to Kurosawa being unhappy as he was forced to make this just like the characters here are being forced to do something they see as morally wrong. Seeing the different fighting styles mixed up together was pretty fun as was the ending, which takes place during a snow storm. Fujita is a lot better here than he was in the previous film and really delivers a strong performance and makes his character quite memorable with the difficulties that he faces. The film's biggest problem comes in form of some rather choppy storytelling that has the film wonder off from its main goal way too many times and this is certainly true in the final fifteen-minutes before the final showdown. The low-budget nature of the film also shines through in a negative way but I'm sure the fans of the director will want to watch this at least once.

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