Kodokan Under a Morning Moon
1957
Drama
Action
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?
Cast
Kenji Sugawara
Mieko Kondō
Michiko Ono
Yataro Kurokawa
Hideo Takamatsu
Hikaru Hoshi
Eijirō Yanagi
Gen Shimizu
Kenichi Miyajima
Shizuo Chūjō
Directors
Mitsuo Murayama