A tribute to Sanshiro Sugata by the legend Kurosawa
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Redemption tale
A washed-up Judo champion is spending his remaining days boozed up, gambling, and racking up debt . A young Judo student addicting to fighting challenges the washed-up legend and promises to never leave his sight until he accepts his challenge.
Mr. Washed life is changed drastically when old ghosts from his past reappear into his life; former judo lord turned yakuza, his old master, and a hardened rival who's fight he ducked over 2 years ago .
He joined by the new challenger and a young lady singer - equally as broke as Mr. Washed - as his two companions , whom slowly begin to revive the old champ within ..
Classic Johnnie To - minus the guns - Judo style
A washed-up Judo champion is spending his remaining days boozed up, gambling, and racking up debt . A young Judo student addicting to fighting challenges the washed-up legend and promises to never leave his sight until he accepts his challenge.
Mr. Washed life is changed drastically when old ghosts from his past reappear into his life; former judo lord turned yakuza, his old master, and a hardened rival who's fight he ducked over 2 years ago .
He joined by the new challenger and a young lady singer - equally as broke as Mr. Washed - as his two companions , whom slowly begin to revive the old champ within ..
Classic Johnnie To - minus the guns - Judo style