Sanshiro may refer to: *

Plawres Sanshiro is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Jirō Gyū. It was serialized in the Akita Shoten magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Champion'' from 1982 to 1985. An anime television series adaptation was broadcast from 1983 to 1984. Overview ...

, a popular anime series aired in 1983 in Japan, Hong Kong, the Middle East and Greece and Algeria *

Sanshiro Sugata is a 1943 Japanese martial arts drama film and the directorial debut of the Japanese film director Akira Kurosawa. First released in Japan on 25 March 1943 by Toho film studios, the film was eventually released in the United States on 28 April 1 ...

, the directorial debut of the Oscar-winning Japanese film director Akira Kurosawa *

Sanshiro Sugata Part II is a 1945 Japanese action drama film written and directed by Akira Kurosawa. It is based on the novel by Tsuneo Tomita, son of Tomita Tsunejirō, the earliest disciple of judo. It was filmed in early 1945 in Japan towards the end of World War II. ...

, a 1945 film written and directed by Akira Kurosawa. *

Segata Sanshiro is a character created by Sega to advertise the Sega Saturn in Japan between 1997 and 1998. He is a parody of Sugata Sanshirō, a legendary judo fighter from Akira Kurosawa's 1943 film '' Sanshiro Sugata''. In television and radio advertisem ...

, a fictional character created by Sega to advertise the Sega Saturn in Japan between 1997 and 1998 *

Sanshirō (novel) is a full-length novel by the Japanese writer Natsume Sōseki. The novel was originally published as a serialized work in the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun from September 1 through December 29 of 1908. The Shunyōdō Shoten Company published i ...

, a novel written in 1908 by Natsume Sōseki, about a young man coming of age in the late Meiji Period

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