Michiyo lives in the small place Osaka and is not happy with her marriage; all she does is cook and clean for her husband.

A luckless geisha struggles to make a living for herself and her young son.

A hotheaded youth in 1880s Meiji Japan apprentices to judo master Shōgorō Yano, trading brute jujutsu bravado for discipline and humility. As Sanshirō matures, he proves judo’s spirit against old-guard…