Zoku Sugata Sanshiro / Sanshiro Sugata Part Two (1945) DVD5 Criterion Collection
on December 11th, 2011 at 17:36
The first of two sequels Kurosawa would make due to studio pressure (the second was Sanjuro in 1962, the follow-up to 1961's Yojimbo), Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two returns will all the principal cast of its predecessor, but with a storyline far more propagandist than the first, contrasting Japanese martial arts as noble art form versus American boxing as ignoble bloodsport. During the film's first half, Sugata thwarts a bullying American sailor and bests America's champion boxer. In the second half, Sugata rises to a new challenge presented by the two brothers of the prior film's arch-rival Gennosuke Higaki. Actor Ryunosuke Tsukigata does double duty playing both the physically shattered Gennosuke Higaki and the new threat, karate master Tesshin Higaki, while Akitake Kono convincing plays the deranged Genzaburo Higaki.
DVD5 | NTSC 4:3 (720x480) VBR | 01:21:52 | 4.18 Gb + 3% rec
Japanese (Dolby AC3, 1 ch, 384Kbps)
Subtitle: English
Genre: Drama, Action, Adventure
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Actors: Denjiro Okochi, Susumu Fujita, Ryunosuke Tsukigata, Akitake Kono, Yukiko Todoroki, Masayuki Mori, Seiji Miyaguchi
Country: Japan
A re upload of this would be highly appreciated.
AK 100: 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa - http://movieworld.ws/?p=12448