Greatest Judo Fight Ever Filmed

Les amateurs de Judo ignorent peut-être que l'un des plus grands combats de judo jamais le film a eu lieu dans un film de 1945, Sang dans le soleil (affiliate link). James Cagney, qui était une ceinture marron de judo, étoiles dans le film comme Nick Condon, un éditeur de journal américain pour la Chronique de Tokyo avant le bombardement de Pearl Harbor.

A few Japanese government officials are trying to warn the Americans about the upcoming attack, while the military is trying to keep the attack secret. Director Frank Lloyd did a good job of showing the tension between the civilian and military authorities prior to World War II.

Condon gains possession of the secret plans, which the police and military are determined to retrieve. It results in one of the best judo fights on film between Condon and Capt. Oshima, portrayed by John Halloran. I don’t know if Halloran had Judo training or if Cagney taught him for the film but the end result is one of the best depictions of Judo in a film.

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Still from the Judo Fight in Blood on the Sun (1945)

The film runs approximately 90 procès-verbal. After you watch this film, The Judo Saga (1942) by Akira Kurosawa is another great judo film.

The Motion Picture Academy awarded an Oscar for Best Art Direction in a Black and White film to Sang dans le soleil. The Cagney brothers collaborated on the film as it was a William Cagney Productions film.

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