Fecha de lanzamiento
21 Apr, 1963
Tiempo de ejecución
01:34: (HH:MM)
Sinopsis
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 Kurosawa’s 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). There’s also a slight yakuza film influence. The port street ambush scene is found in both films, but in Judo for Life it’s 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.
Título original
柔道一代
Fotos
千葉真一
杉浦直樹
神田隆
村田英雄
筑波久子
曽根晴美
佐久間良子
大村文武
花沢徳衛
利根はる恵
須藤健
佐山俊二
山本麟一
八名信夫
沢彰謙
室田日出男
佐伯清