(1945) Sanshiro Sugata II
(In Japanese with English subtitles)
ADVENTURE/ ACTION
High ranking Judo fighter "Sanshiro Sugata" returns to his original dojo after two years in hiatus of the first film only to come across more ethical and moral dilemmas about the purpose of just learning Japanese martial arts in the first place. Throughout the story, he comes across old foes who gave up on fighting, who then must prepare to face a rather aggressive two older brothers who're trained as karate experts with it's purpose is it to avenge the brother Sugata defeated at the end of the first film. He also have to settle a score with a boxer supposedly from the US who has an English accent. If this plot device seems familiar, than that's because it is, when different opponents want to fight the best or take the title for bragging rights, used on a lot of westerns such as Henry King's 1950 film "The Gunfighter" and two of my favorites 1956 "The Fastest Gun Alive" starring Glenn Ford and another Sergio Leone whose credited as executive producer called "My Name Is Nobody" starring Henry Fonda and countless others. Director Akira Kurosawa's trademarks are still evident on this film except that the last fight occurs on a snowy bankment on top of a hill which is somewhat a peculiar thing to watch.
High ranking Judo fighter "Sanshiro Sugata" returns to his original dojo after two years in hiatus of the first film only to come across more ethical and moral dilemmas about the purpose of just learning Japanese martial arts in the first place. Throughout the story, he comes across old foes who gave up on fighting, who then must prepare to face a rather aggressive two older brothers who're trained as karate experts with it's purpose is it to avenge the brother Sugata defeated at the end of the first film. He also have to settle a score with a boxer supposedly from the US who has an English accent. If this plot device seems familiar, than that's because it is, when different opponents want to fight the best or take the title for bragging rights, used on a lot of westerns such as Henry King's 1950 film "The Gunfighter" and two of my favorites 1956 "The Fastest Gun Alive" starring Glenn Ford and another Sergio Leone whose credited as executive producer called "My Name Is Nobody" starring Henry Fonda and countless others. Director Akira Kurosawa's trademarks are still evident on this film except that the last fight occurs on a snowy bankment on top of a hill which is somewhat a peculiar thing to watch.