Where to Watch Sanshiro Sugata (1965)

Yearning to watch 'Sanshiro Sugata' on your TV, phone, or tablet? Searching for a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the Seiichirô Uchikawa-directed movie via subscription can be tricky, so we here at Moviefone want to take the pressure off.

Read on for a listing of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription alternatives - along with the availability of 'Sanshiro Sugata' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the various whats and wheres of how you can watch 'Sanshiro Sugata' right now, here are some particulars about the TOHO, Kurosawa Production, Takarazuka Eiga Company Ltd. drama flick.

Released August 27th, 1965, 'Sanshiro Sugata' stars Yūzō Kayama, Toshirō Mifune, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Eiji Okada The movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 39 min, and received a user score of 70 (out of 100) on TMDb, which collated reviews from 6 top users.

What, so now you want to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "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." .