Eclipse Series 23: The First Films of Akira Kurosawa
By August 03, 2010
SANSHIRO SUGATA: A CAREER BLOOMS Moviegoers the world over know Akira Kurosawa for Rashomon (1950) and the international classics that followed—Ikiru, Seven Samurai Read more »
SYNOPSIS: Kurosawa’s first film was such a success that the studio leaned on the director to make a sequel. The result is a hugely entertaining adventure, reuniting most of the major players from the original and featuring a two-part narrative in which Sanshiro first fights a pair of Americans and then finds himself the target of a revenge mission undertaken by the brothers of the original film’s villain.
| Shogoro Yano | Denjiro Ookouchi |
| Sanshiro Sugata | Susumu Fujita |
| Gennosuke Higaki/Tesshin Higaki | Ryunosuke Tsukigata |
| Genzaburo Higaki | Akitake Kono |
| Sayo Murai | Yukiko Todoroki |
| Director | Akira Kurosawa |
| Producer | Motohiko Ito |
| Screenplay | Akira Kurosawa |
| Original novel by | Tsuneo Tomita |
| Cinematography | Takeo Ito |
| Music | Seiichi Suzuki |
| Production design | Kazuo Kubo |
By August 03, 2010
SANSHIRO SUGATA: A CAREER BLOOMS Moviegoers the world over know Akira Kurosawa for Rashomon (1950) and the international classics that followed—Ikiru, Seven Samurai Read more »