Remake of Kurosawa's films Sanshiro Sugata and Sanshiro Sugata part 2. A young man, Sanshiro Sugata, troubled by personal problems, takes up judo. His teacher, Shogoro Yano, is a devout man who has aroused the enmity of the local practitioners of jujitsu, the older and more accepted of the two sports. Sugata uses his newly learned prowess to gain a measure of respect from others; however, Shogoro insists that the sport has a spiritual side, a lesson Sugata has yet to learn. Eventually, in hand-to-hand combat with the father of a young woman he loves, he comes to understand the true meaning of judo.
加山雄三
as Sanshiro Sugata
三船敏郎
as Shogoro Yano
山崎努
as Genshiro
岡田英次
as Gennosuke / Tesshin
志村喬
as Mishima
児玉謙次
as
左卜全
as Priest
加東大介
as Hansuke Murai
Yumiko Kokonoe
as Sayo, Hansuke's daughter
Tatsuhiko Namisato
as Daisaburo Hidarimonji
Kinji Matsueda
as Yoshimaro Dan
青山宏
as Toranosuke Shinkai
