Yawara! (1989)

Inokuma Yawara is just another young high school girl. Well, not quite - for Yawara is being raised by her grandfather, 7th dan Judo master Inokuma Jigorou, to be Japan's great hope for the women's Judo competition at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona. All the same, Yawara just wants to live a normal life...

Released Oct. 16, 1989 3100 min Episode 25 min 7+

Genres: Action, Animation, Anime, Anime: Seinen, Anime: Sports, Comedy, Drama

Keywords: imdb.judo, imdb.high-school, mdblist.ext.2k-blu-ray, imdb.anime-remake-of-live-action, imdb.anime-animation, imdb.based-on-manga, imdb.love-polygon + 23 more, imdb.female-protagonist, imdb.wants-to-live-a-normal-life, imdb.seinen-anime-animation, imdb.japanese-comics-literature-on-screen, imdb.coming-of-age-drama, imdb.training, imdb.seinen, imdb.high-school-girl, imdb.martial-arts, imdb.romantic-comedy, imdb.combat-sports, imdb.combat-sport, imdb.female-nudity, tmdb.judo, tmdb.sports, tmdb.high-school, tmdb.high-school-sports, tmdb.sport-competition, tmdb.japanese-high-school, tmdb.bukatsu, imdb.ecchi, imdb.hand-drawn-animation, imdb.the-olympic-games