Judo ichidai (1963)
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Judo ichidai(1963)
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Sonny Chiba's first martial arts film, a partially fictionalized judo biopic based on prominent judoka Shiro Saigo (Chiba), the second student of judo founder Jigoro Kano (Naoki Sugiura). Akira Kurosawaโs Sanshiro Sugata is based on the same character and shares some scenes, but Judo for Life focuses more on the martial arts philosophy and training, including scenes depicting how the protagonist learned his famous cat-like landing, coined the term judo, and trained with Tsunejiro Tomita (Hideo Murata). Thereโs also a slight yakuza film influence. The port street ambush scene is found in both films, but in Judo for Life itโs not Kano but a travelling yakuza that jumps out of the rickshaw. Entertaining and beautifully old fashioned, one does however with there were more shades of gray between good and evil, and a stronger ninkyo-like moral / honour conflict.
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Sonny Chiba
Naoki Sugiura
Takashi Kanda
Hideo Murata
Hisako Tsukuba
Harumi Sone
Yoshiko Sakuma
Fumitake ลmura
Tokue Hanazawa
Harue Tone
Ken Sudo
Shunji Sayama
Rinichi Yamamoto
Nobuo Yana
Akikane Sawa
Hideo Murota
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