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At the beginning of his career, director Akira Kurosawa had to do many propaganda features, such as “Sanshiro Sugata” and “The Most Beautiful”. While he did manage to simultaneously shape his unique voice and style as a filmmaker, there is not denying both of these films carry a heavy pro-Japan message. The same goes for the sequel to his first feature, “Sanshiro Sugata”, which sees actor Susumu Fujita reprising his role of the famous judo fighter, whose story spawned a slew of similar movies and proved to be quite influential. When approaching “Sanshiro Sugata Part II” you should be wary of the more than obvious message behind some of the images and the plot points, but at the same time notice the underlying themes of humanity in the story of the hero, as he is confronted yet again with the downside of his fame of a fighter.

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