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Format
Special
Episodes
1
Episode Duration
1 hr 12 min
Status
Finished Airing
Premiered
Aired
1981-06-08 to ?
Source
Novel
Rating
PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
Genres
Action
Martial Arts
Sports
Studios
Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Producers
Licensors
Sugata Sanshirou (姿三四郎)
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. Based on a novel by Tsuneo Tomita, which was adapted into a 1943 movie by young Akira Kurosawa. (Source: AniDB)