Judo Icchokusen

Name: Judo Icchokusen
Genre: Drama
Cast: Kenichi Sakuragi, Hideo Takamatsu, Kyoko Yoshizawa, 藤江喜幸, Kazuko Aoki

柔道一直線 (1969-1971)

Seasons: 1, episodes: 92

Drama

Japan

TBS

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Actors and characters

Production

Toei Company, TBS

Premiere

22 June 1969

Last episode

4 April 1971

Status

Completed

Creators

Ikki Kajiwara

Scenario

Shunichi Yukimuro

Producer

斉藤頼照

All team (15)

Actors

Kenichi Sakuragi

Naoya Ichijo

Hideo Takamatsu

Shusaku Kuruma

Kyoko Yoshizawa

Miki Takahara

藤江喜幸

Sanpei Takahara

Kazuko Aoki

Tome Ichijo

Fuyukichi Maki

Arashi-sensei

Yūsaku Matsuda

Aoba Chugaku Judo Buin

Masahiko Arima

Osugi Dojo Shihan

All actors and roles (10)

Short description

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.