Rikidozan: A Hero Extraordinaire (2004)
역도산
Story of Rikidozan, a sumo wrestler who can only achieve limited success in Japan because he's half Korean. But when Rikidozan goes to the United States and discovers professional wrestling, he becomes a hero back home.
- Date of release
- 2004-12-15
- TMDB
- 6.0 / 10 (12)
- Runtime
- 2h 19m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Song Hae-sung
Casting
- Sul Kyung-gu — Rikidozan
- Miki Nakatani — Aya
- Tatsuya Fuji — Takeo Kanno
- Masato Hagiwara — Yuzuru Yoshimachi
- Masakatsu Funaki — Imura Mashahiko
- Shinya Hashimoto — Higashinami
- Keiji Mutō — Harold Sakata
- Mike Polchlopek — Ben Sharpe
- James Rocha — 'Iron' Mike Sharpe
- Jun Akiyama — Kokichi Endo
- Rob Rechsteiner — Wrestler
- Denden — Showman
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