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Rikidozan: A Hero Extraordinaire
Rikidozan: A Hero Extraordinaire

Rikidozan: A Hero Extraordinaire

Genres

Drama

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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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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Korean

Runtime

139 mins

Rating

6/10

Release Date

15 December 2004

Country

South Korea

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

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

Rho Jun-ho

Kim Il

Park Cheol-min

Park Cheol-min

Kim Myon-Gil

Makoto Hashi

Makoto Hashi

Munenori Iwamoto

Munenori Iwamoto

Kenichi Tamura

Shigeru Kajiwara

Shigeru Kajiwara

Announcer

Magy

Magy

New Havana Club M.C.

Chikara Momota

Chikara Momota

Shinji Nomura

Shinji Nomura

NTV President

Masami Ogishima

Masami Ogishima

Interviewer

Rei Okamoto

Rei Okamoto

Middle-Aged Woman

Kanehiro Ri

Kanehiro Ri

Kazuyuki Senba

Kazuyuki Senba

Nishonoyama Oyakata

Go Shiozaki

Go Shiozaki

Sawa Suzuki

Sawa Suzuki

Keiko Oki

Taro Yamamoto

Taro Yamamoto

Koichi Kasai

Koji Yoshida

Koji Yoshida

Yuzuru Yoshimachi

Yuzuru Yoshimachi

Jeremy Deschner

Jeremy Deschner

Extra (uncredited)

Thomas Lynch

Thomas Lynch

Pro-Wrestler (uncredited)

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