Yawara!

Yawara!

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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 15, 1989

Runtime

1h 37m

Genres

Drama

Original Title

Yawara!

Director

Kazuo Yoshida

Description

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.