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Kodokan Under a Morning Moon

1957

90 minutes

DramaAction

Overview

The picture tells of a tremendous conflict between ju-jitsu, an aggressive art practiced by vicious hoodlums led by Takamatsu, and judo, which is used only for self-defense and championed by Sugawara. All of which, comes to a mighty match between Sugawara and Takamatsu. It's loaded with dynamite, so to speak, and lasts five minutes on the screen, Sugawara, wins. Takamatsu, a poor loser, and his four ju-jitsu hoodlum companions later ambush Sugawara in the woods. This turns out to be a mortal combat. You'd like to learn the outcome, wouldn't you?

Top Cast

Kenji Sugawara headshot

Kenji Sugawara

Mieko Kondō headshot

Mieko Kondō

Michiko Ono headshot

Michiko Ono

Yataro Kurokawa headshot

Yataro Kurokawa

Hideo Takamatsu headshot

Hideo Takamatsu

Hikaru Hoshi headshot

Hikaru Hoshi

Eijirō Yanagi headshot

Eijirō Yanagi

Gen Shimizu headshot

Gen Shimizu

Kenichi Miyajima headshot

Kenichi Miyajima

Shizuo Chūjō headshot

Shizuo Chūjō

Shō Natsuki headshot

Shō Natsuki

Kazuko Wakamatsu headshot

Kazuko Wakamatsu

Tetsuya Watanabe headshot

Tetsuya Watanabe

Kiyoko Hirai headshot

Kiyoko Hirai