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The Birth of Judo

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Director

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  • Kunio Watanabe
    Kunio Watanabe

Writers

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(in alphabetical order)
  • Takeo Tomita
    Takeo Tomita
    story
  • Kunio Watanabe
    Kunio Watanabe
    writer

Cast

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(in credits order)
  • Shôichi Hirai
    Shôichi Hirai
    Shogoro Yano
  • Yôko Matsuyama
    Yôko Matsuyama
    Suga Yano
  • Shintarô Kuraoka
    Shintarô Kuraoka
    Yujira Toda
  • Chiezô Kataoka and Ryôhei Uchida in 13 Assassins (1963)
    Ryôhei Uchida
    Ryôhei Uchida
    Gennosuke Egaki
  • Tetsurô Tanba in The 5-Man Army (1969)
    Tetsurô Tanba
    Tetsurô Tanba
    Shuzo Izawa
Rest of cast listed alphabetically
  • Kinshirô Matsumoto
    Kinshirô Matsumoto
  • Kô Nishimura in Zatoichi the Outlaw (1967)
    Kô Nishimura
    Kô Nishimura
    (as Akira Nishimura)
  • Meichô Soganoya
    Meichô Soganoya
  • Kôkichi Takada
    Kôkichi Takada

Producer

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  • Tsuneyasu Matsumoto
    Tsuneyasu Matsumoto
    producer

Composer

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  • Eiichi Yamada
    Eiichi Yamada

Cinematographer

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  • Takeo Kawarazaki
    Takeo Kawarazaki

Art Director

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  • Seiichi Toriizuka
    Seiichi Toriizuka

Camera and Electrical Department

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  • Yoichi Yasuda
    Yoichi Yasuda
    lighting technician

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