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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.

Status: Released
Released Date: 1981-06-08
Runtime: 70 mins
Director: Yasumi Mikamoto
Spoken language: 日本語
Genres: Action, Animation
Original title: Sanshiro the Judoist
Production Companies: Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Production Countries: Japan

Yoshimi Iwasaki

Hideki Saijo

Chikao Ohtsuka

Nachi Nozawa

Kei Tomiyama

Youichi Miyagawa

Osamu Kato

Rihoko Yoshida

Enjou Sanyuutei

Hiroko Maruyama

Kaneta Kimotsuki

Kenichi Ogata

Koichi Kitamura

Reizō Nomoto