Kodokan Under a Morning Moon

Kodokan Under a Morning Moon (1957) is a drama, action film directed by Mitsuo Murayama.

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

Shō Natsuki

Kazuko Wakamatsu