" The central theme of the film is the education and initiation of
Sugata and the way in which, whilst learning the ways of Judo, he also
learns about himself."
jihad: a holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual
or political goal
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Steve,
Is there more to Sugata's story than the traditional theme of the
spiritual jihad inside every seeker of truth, as for instance embodied
by Arjuna in the Bhagavad Gita?
--ED
--- In [email protected], mike brown <uerusuboyo@...> wrote:
>
> Thanks Steve, I'll keep my eye open for a copy of it ; )
>
> Mike
> Hi Mike. If you get the opportunity, watch an old Japanese movie
entitled
> Sanshiro Sugata, about the great Judo champion who fought challenge
matches
> against the top Jujutsu-ka of the time. You'd like it.
> Steve
