Company: Phoenix Films
Country: BRAZIL
Section: DOCUMENTARY GREAT CHAMPION
Discipline: Judo
Year: 2016
Director: J.J. Soares, J.C Soares
Voice Off: Paulo Betti
Coproducer: SportvGlobo
Time: 53 min
Projection: Friday 18 November – 15.00 – Sala Colonne
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Synopsis
In Japanese, judo means “the gentle way”. From the Samurai era to the north of Brazil, a travel showing the art of the samurai survived in the modern era and how the discipline founded by Jigoro Kano became an Olympic sport. Moreover, we will discover how the jujutsu art survived in Brazil in a different way than in Japan.