AiringFrom 11 Jun 1970 to 15 Apr 1971
TagsSeinenHistoricalJudoPrisonEpisodic
Even so, the man tried to remain kind.
Kanichirou Yanagi, a 19 year old judo athelte, heads to Tokyo with his father’s dying wish: “Defeat the Kodokan Judo doujo” etched in his heart.
The streets of Meiji-era Tokyo, reeling from the wave of modernization and western influences. The wanderings of youth. Injustice and absurdity, contradictions and desire, who can truly understand what lies in a man’s heart?