Yawara!

Where to watch · United States

Not on any service here yet.

Yawara! (1989)

Directed by Kazuo Yoshida

Drama · 1h 37m

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.

Rate it first

No account needed. Others' takes stay sealed until you rate.

?/10

Cast

Yui Asaka Yawara inokuma Keiju Kobayashi Jigoro inokuma Bunta Sugawara Kumajiro inokuma Hiroshi Abe Kosaku matsuda
R
Reiko Hirayama Fujiko
A
Akira Maeda Koji Ishizaka
Y
Yôsuke Naka Kōji Nakamoto
N
Nobuhiko Takada Riki Takeuchi Shinnosuke Fujio Tokita

Crew

Director
Kazuo Yoshida
Screenplay
Ikuo Sekimoto

Details

Release date
1989-04-15
Runtime
1h 37m
Genres
Drama
Original language
JA
Spoken languages
Japanese
Countries
Japan