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Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

Characters are stereotyped ... but that could be from the Kabuki tradition as passed down into early Japanese cinema.Interesting insight into the historic 1880's Japan ... the mix of traditional dress and exaggerated western dress that different people wore, the old railroads, etc.The beauty of the near-final scene ... with the rolling clouds, and wind in the tall grass, and the sound effects was extraordinary ... esp as filmed in B&W.But overall, too slow going for my taste.Also, the theme of differing combat styles is of no special interest to me .. although no doubt that was a stand-in theme for 'old vs new'.

The modernization of Japan began with the Meiji era in 1867. Mutsuhito, who proclaimed himself Emperor Meiji (loyalty to the rule) to ascend the throne, began a series of significant changes included the abolition of privileges, granted the right to wear a name (hitherto exclusive to samurai and the nobility) and opened the voting for the election of governors, among other measures that began the decline of more than 250 years of feudalism, to make way for the Meiji democracy would go until 1912, and that would open the way for Japan to begin to become a society, certainly more balanced. Sugata Sanshiro proudly carries his name. Man of the people, attending a school of Jiu Jitsu, a martial art which derive Judo, a risky way to debug the techniques, paradoxically, called "art of softness". But when he meets the skill of the master judoka Yano, Sanshiro decides to become his student and then faced the challenges that will give him a place in the new institute.What follows then are the circumstances of life that prove the man to his ideals and give opportunity to specify the strength of their inclinations. For it is with chiselases which are polished gems and it is with fire that demonstrates the strength of the metal. But there are things that weigh in man, as love is born and who never wants to hurt, and then, when man is forced to the difficult choice between self- interest or what benefits the group.I think, "Sugata Sanshiro", was a good start for the master Kurosawa. The film denotes human sense, defending the rules and the collective interest, as it should be, but also understands the meaning of love and compassion, and rejoices as they deserve. The director shows fairly distanced with the scenes of violence, and although I'm sure weighed and weighed now more than ever, this gives a clear account of its central goal was the feeling and no physical force. After all, is in being and not in the domination, as a man can know himself, and as the teacher Yano says:"The way is the search for truth that governs the nature of man, as this is what will give us a peaceful death." It must have been that this first film was well received at the box office since, two years later, the third Akira Kurosawa film, continue the story with the title "Soku Sugata Sanshiro". There is only regrettable that so valuable a work, with moments of undeniable beauty plastic, and is committed to a positive outlook on life, Japan's clumsy censorship of the time (¿perhaps there will not be clumsy censorship?), has cut about 600 feet, which may never recover and leave the film in some way unfinished. Against all, I think any fan of the great Japanese filmmaker, should be deprived of seeing this remarkable debut.

You would never know watching Akira Kurosawa's directorial debut (he did some uncredited work in Uma) that it was supposed to be a war propaganda film. The censors supposedly removed quite a bit as they did not feel that it was strong enough in pushing spirituality.The story, while not Samurai, as we are used to, is basically the same that Kurosawa uses later in The Samurai Trilogy, especially the first part. It could be called modern samurai.We are all familiar with the old school vs the modern way of thinking and acting. This is the central theme. Yano (Denjirô Ôkôchi) has developed Judo as a replacement for Jujitsu. The old school followers are very upset. It was interesting to see Kurosawa's camera work as the frantic fighters ambush Yano. he stands strong and stoic and throws them one by one into the river.Here is where Sugata (Susumu Fujita) is captivated and joins Yano to learn Judo. He is similar to Mifume in Musashi Miyamoto. He has skills, but he is raw and lacks the proper spirit. He learns to be pure and represents Yano against the leading jujitsu school for the police training contract. he has to fight the father of the girl he has fallen in love with.Everything seems well, but this is a propaganda film so the evil West in the form of a jujitsu fighter wearing western clothing and smoking cigarettes comes in accompanied by blowing wind. Of course, Judo can beat Jujitsu with the proper dose of spirituality, but can it beat the West? I leave that to you to discover.It is fortunate to have the opportunity to see these films in the United States. It would have been even greater if we could see the version that wasn't chopped up; but even the Japanese didn't get to see that.

There were many reasons I was unimpressed by this film, though one had was certainly not the fault of anyone connected with the movie. Because this and its sequel are rarely seen, they are hard to come by. I finally found them as an import from MEI AH Laser Disc Company--and boy did THAT leave a lot to be desired. The quality of the print was very poor (though MUCH worse on the sequel) and the captioning was beyond abominable! When my daughter saw part of it, she immediately recognized the problem. It seems that many Japanese movies are released by Chinese companies, so the movie is translated from Japanese to Chinese and finally to English--and so much was lost in the translation it practically ruined the experience. For example, "JUDO" is translated as either "Karate" or "Kung Fu" in the movie. If you don't know much about martial arts, there is a world of difference between them. For two movies about Judo, the word NEVER appears in the subtitled version! Also, countless sentences simply make no sense--it's as if the words are almost random at times.Now, as far as the movie itself goes, this is a purely ordinary film with very little of the magic of later Kurasawa films. It is a not particularly involving movie about a judo master. Some of the cinematography and acting is very good and at other times it isn't--it's obvious Kurasawa is still learning his craft. Also, part one is ruined by the fact that part two is a worse film in most ways-- so the viewer never really gets a payoff for seeing the conclusion.