Rikidozan: A Hero Extraordinaire (2004)
2h 19m
Running Time
December 15, 2004Release Date
Rikidozan: A Hero Extraordinaire (2004)
2h 19m
Running Time
December 15, 2004Release Date
Network & Production Companies
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Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Sol Kyung-gu
Rikidozan
Miki Nakatani
Aya
Tatsuya Fuji
Takeo Kanno
Masakatsu Funaki
Imura Mashahiko
Masato Hagiwara
Yuzuru Yoshimachi
Shinya Hashimoto
Higashinami
Song Hae-sung
Director
Kim Seon-a
Producer
Kim Sun-ah
Producer
Takeiji Muto
Harold Sakata
Haruo Umekawa
Producer
Mike Polchlopek
Ben Sharpe
Lee Jae-jin
Composer
James Rocha
'Iron' Mike Sharpe
Kim Hyung-koo
Cinematographer
Jun Akiyama
Kokichi Endo
Media.
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Wiki.
Rikidōzan (Korean: 역도산; RR: Yeokdosan) is a 2004 South Korean-Japanese film written and directed by Song Hae-sung. The film is based on the life of Rikidōzan, a legendary ethnic Korean professional wrestler who became a national hero in Japan in the 1950s. It stars Sol Kyung-gu in the title role, with Miki Nakatani, Tatsuya Fuji, and actual Japanese wrestlers Keiji Mutoh and Masakatsu Funaki in the cast.