TV series / 1969

Judo Icchokusen

Name: Judo Icchokusen
Genre: Drama
Released: 1969-06-22
Cast: Kenichi Sakuragi, Hideo Takamatsu, Kyoko Yoshizawa, 藤江喜幸, Kazuko Aoki

Episode directors 近藤一美Yoshiharu TomitaTsuneo KobayashiItaru Orita

More directors

Katsuhiko TaguchiAtsuo OkunakaMinoru Yamada

Drama

Based on the manga by Ikki Kajiwara, with art by Shinji Nagashima and Yuzuru Saito. After his father dies following defeat at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, Naoya Ichijo meets the mysterious judoka Shusaku Kuruma and becomes his disciple, mastering special techniques such as the "Jigoku-guruma" (Hell Wheel) and "Ebi-guruma" (Shrimp Wheel) while fighting rivals and foreign judoka on the way to becoming a top judoka.

The story

Based on the manga by Ikki Kajiwara, with art by Shinji Nagashima and Yuzuru Saito.

After his father dies following defeat at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, Naoya Ichijo meets the mysterious judoka Shusaku Kuruma and becomes his disciple, mastering special techniques such as the "Jigoku-guruma" (Hell Wheel) and "Ebi-guruma" (Shrimp Wheel) while fighting rivals and foreign judoka on the way to becoming a top judoka.