Judo Icchokusen

Season 1 Episode 1: Hell Wheel Is Cool!

Based on the manga by Ikki Kajiwara, with art by Shinji Nagashima and Yuzuru Saito. After his father dies following defeat at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, Naoya Ichijo meets the mysterious judoka Shusaku Kuruma and becomes his disciple, mastering special techniques such as the "Jigoku-guruma" (Hell Wheel) and "Ebi-guruma" (Shrimp Wheel) while fighting rivals and foreign judoka on the way to becoming a top judoka.

Genre:

Drama

Seasons:

1

Episodes:

92

Cast:

Kenichi Sakuragi, Hideo Takamatsu, Kyoko Yoshizawa

Quality:

HD

Duration:

30 min

First Air:

1969

Rating:

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