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.
Cast
Yoshimi Iwasaki
Otomi Murai (voice)
Hideki Saijo
Sanshiro Sugata (voice)
Chikao Ohtsuka
Gennosuke Higaki (voice)
Nachi Nozawa
Shogoro Yano (voice)
Kei Tomiyama
Kinnosuke Natsume (voice)
Youichi Miyagawa
Hansuke Murai (voice)
Osamu Kato
Saburo Monma (voice)
Rihoko Yoshida
Takako (voice)
Enjou Sanyuutei
Narrator (voice)
Hiroko Maruyama
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Kaneta Kimotsuki
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Kenichi Ogata
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Koichi Kitamura
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Reizō Nomoto
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Shigezo Sasaoka
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Keaton Yamada
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Toku Nishio
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Yoku Shioya
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Daisuke Gori
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Yusaku Yara
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Crew
Yasumi Mikamoto
Director
Fumio Kōnami
Screenplay
Kiyohide Ohara
Screenplay
Tsuneo Tomita
Novel
Masatoshi Tsurubuchi
Editor
Hirokata Takahashi
Director of Photography
Toshiyuki Hiruma
Assistant Director
Yutaka Fujioka
Producer
Eiichi Kubota
Producer
Tatsuo Ikeuchi
Producer
Kazuhide Tomonaga
Animation Director
Keiju Ishikawa
Original Music Composer
Kazuhiko Kato
Character Designer
Masazumi Matsumiya
Art Direction