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



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.

Sul Kyung-gu
Rikidozan

Miki Nakatani
Aya

Tatsuya Fuji
Takeo Kanno

Masato Hagiwara
Yuzuru Yoshimachi

Masakatsu Funaki
Imura Mashahiko

Shinya Hashimoto
Higashinami

Takeiji Muto
Harold Sakata

Mike Polchlopek
Ben Sharpe

James Rocha
'Iron' Mike Sharpe

Jun Akiyama
Kokichi Endo

Rob Rechsteiner
Wrestler

Rho Jun-ho
Kim Il

Park Cheol-min
Kim Myon-Gil

Haruo Umekawa
Producer

Munenori Iwamoto
Kenichi Tamura

Park Gok-ji
Editor

Shigeru Kajiwara
Announcer

Magy
New Havana Club M.C.

Shinji Nomura
NTV President

Masami Ogishima
Interviewer

Rei Okamoto
Middle-Aged Woman

Kazuyuki Senba
Nishonoyama Oyakata

Sawa Suzuki
Keiko Oki

Taro Yamamoto
Koichi Kasai

Jeremy Deschner
Extra (uncredited)

Thomas Lynch
Pro-Wrestler (uncredited)

Song Hae-sung
Director / Writer

Jung Wook Jun
Costume Design

Oh Seung-uk
Adaptation

Yu Kil-won
Art Direction

Jang Seong-ho
Visual Effects Supervisor

Shin Jeom-hee
Production Design

Kim Hyung-koo
Director of Photography

Yoo Sang-seob
Fight Choreographer

Park Yeong-su
2D Artist

Noh Jong-yun
Executive Producer

Kim Sun-ah
Producer

Jung Young-min
Lighting Director

Lee Kang-san
Lighting Director

Lee Jae-jin
Original Music Composer

Makoto Hashi

Chikara Momota

Delcea Mihaela Gabriela

Denden

Choi Dae-sung

Kanehiro Ri

Go Shiozaki

Koji Yoshida
Media.




Details.
Release DateDecember 15, 2004
Original Name역도산
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 19m
Genres
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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 Sul Kyung-gu in the title role, with Miki Nakatani, Tatsuya Fuji, and actual Japanese wrestlers Keiji Mutoh and Masakatsu Funaki in the cast.
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