Overview

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.

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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)

Osamu Kato

Saburo Monma (voice)

Rihoko Yoshida

Takako (voice)

Enjou Sanyuutei

Narrator (voice)

Hiroko Maruyama

Kaneta Kimotsuki

Kenichi Ogata

Koichi Kitamura