This is a sequel to Kurosawa's first film, 
the very successful Judo Saga. In it, 
Tesshin and Genzaburo, the two 
brothers of Gennosuke Higaki, 
challenge Sanshiro to a duel to extract 
vengeance on behalf of their brother 
who suffered defeat in the earlier film 
The final duel was performed by the 
actors barefoot at Shigakogen under 
severe winter conditions. Susumu 
Fujita, playing the role of Sanshiro. 
gives an outstanding performance in 
this film.