Yawara!

Yawara! (1989)


Summary

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.

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Writing Naoki Urasawa Comic Book
Writing Ikuo Sekimoto Screenplay
Directing Kazuo Yoshida Director
Writing Naoki Urasawa Writer