Tatsuhiko Namisato

Le samouraï rônin Sanjuro Tsubaki prend sous son aile une bande de jeunes guerriers inexpérimentés et les aide à déjouer un complot contre le chambellan. Jouant de ruse avec les conspirateurs, Sanjuro se révélera un tacticien hors pair, avant de se confronter avec le redoutable Muroto, bras droit du chef des comploteurs.

Remake of Kurosawa's films Sanshiro Sugata and Sanshiro Sugata part 2. A young man, Sanshiro Sugata, troubled by personal problems, takes up judo. His teacher, Shogoro Yano, is a devout man who has aroused the enmity of the local practitioners of jujitsu, the older and more accepted of the two sports. Sugata uses his newly learned prowess to gain a measure of respect from others; however, Shogoro insists that the sport has a spiritual side, a lesson Sugata has yet to learn. Eventually, in hand-to-hand combat with the father of a young woman he loves, he comes to understand the true meaning of judo.