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.

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Cast

Kenichi Sakuragi

Naoya Ichijo

Hideo Takamatsu

Shusaku Kuruma

Kyoko Yoshizawa

Miki Takahara

Yūsaku Matsuda

Aoba Chugaku Judo Buin

Tetsuya Yamaoka

Masutatsu Oyama

Ikki Kajiwara

Torisugari no Kyokaku

Takeshi Sasaki

Ukyo Kazamatsuri

Sonny Chiba

Ken Washio

Masaomi Kondo

Shingo Yuki

Tōru Abe

Kimura

Nobuo Tanaka

Nareta