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Rikidozan: A Hero Extraordinaire

Rikidozan: A Hero Extraordinaire

20042h 19mFilm

60

6.0(11)

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.

Top Cast

Sul Kyung-gu

Sul Kyung-gu

Rikidozan

Miki Nakatani

Miki Nakatani

Aya

Tatsuya Fuji

Tatsuya Fuji

Takeo Kanno

Masato Hagiwara

Masato Hagiwara

Yuzuru Yoshimachi

Masakatsu Funaki

Masakatsu Funaki

Imura Mashahiko

Shinya Hashimoto

Shinya Hashimoto

Higashinami

Keiji Muto

Harold Sakata

Mike Polchlopek

Mike Polchlopek

Ben Sharpe

James Rocha

James Rocha

'Iron' Mike Sharpe

Jun Akiyama

Jun Akiyama

Kokichi Endo

Rob Rechsteiner

Rob Rechsteiner

Wrestler

Denden

Denden

Showman

Rho Jun-ho

Kim Il

Park Cheol-min

Park Cheol-min

Kim Myon-Gil

Makoto Hashi

Munenori Iwamoto

Munenori Iwamoto

Kenichi Tamura

Shigeru Kajiwara

Shigeru Kajiwara

Announcer

Magy

New Havana Club M.C.

Chikara Momota

Shinji Nomura

Shinji Nomura

NTV President

Details

Director: Song Hae-sung
Status: Released
Release: 2004-12-15
Runtime: 2h 19m
Budget: —
Revenue: —
Language: KO
Score: 60%

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