# Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two (1945)

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**Original title**: *續 姿三四郎*
**Runtime**: 83 min
**Genres**: Action, Drama, Adventure
**Directed by**: Akira Kurosawa
**Written by**: Akira Kurosawa
**Starring**: Denjirō Ōkōchi, Susumu Fujita, Ryūnosuke Tsukigata, Akitake Kōno, Yukiko Todoroki, Sōji Kiyokawa

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

You study the way shadows move at twilight when Sanshiro trains with an American boxer in a rain slick dojo and the punch lands lighter than expected. Then two brothers arrive from Okinawa and the air shifts. Kurosawa watches how a man’s grip loosens from rage to understanding.

**Mood tags**: outsider, slow-burn, tender

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