Yawara! (1989)
Yawara Inokuma is a girl who aspires to an ordinary life but due to her innate talent is forced to practice judo by her authoritarian grandfather, Jigorou Inokuma, with the aim of achieving the championship in Japan and the gold medal in the Barcelona 1992 Olympic Games. Because of the pressure from her grandfather she has a generally bad attitude about judo, avoiding it as much as she can. However, over time she comes to understand why her grandfather loves judo and appreciates it more.
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Cast
Yui Asaka
as Yawara inokuma
Yui Asaka (born December 4, 1969, in Miyazaki, Japan) is a Japanese actress, singer, and former idol. She made her singing debut in 1985 with the single “Natsu Shoujo” and rose to wider fame as the le...
Keiju Kobayashi
as Jigoro inokuma
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Keiju Kobayashi (23 November 1923–16 September 2010) was a Japanese actor. Born in Gunma Prefecture, he began acting at the Nikkatsu studio after dropping out o...
Bunta Sugawara
as Kumajiro inokuma
Bunta Sugawara was a Japanese actor who appeared in over 200 Japanese feature films, most prevalently in Yakuza films. On December 1, 2014, it was announced that Sugawara had died from liver cancer in...
Hiroshi Abe
as Kosaku matsuda
Hiroshi Abe (born June 22, 1964) is a Japanese model and actor. He began his career as a model, but he successfully made the transition to acting, becoming one of the most regularly visible presences...
Koji Ishizaka
Kōji Nakamoto
Kōji Nakamoto was a Japanese comedian. He was a member of the band The Drifters..
Director
Kazuo Yoshida