Sanshiro the Judoist (Animated Classics of Japanese Literature)

Title

Sugata Sanshirou

AniDB

3140

MAL

4440

Episodes

1

* Based on a novel by Tomita Tsuneo, which was adapted into a 1943 movie by young Kurosawa Akira. 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.