Rikidozan: A Hero Extraordinaire
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.
Release Date:
2004-12-15
Runtime:
139 minutes
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Starring:
Sul Kyung-gu
as Rikidozan
Miki Nakatani
as Aya
Tatsuya Fuji
as Takeo Kanno
Masato Hagiwara
as Yuzuru Yoshimachi
Masakatsu Funaki
as Imura Mashahiko
Shinya Hashimoto
as Higashinami
No photo available
Keiji Muto
as Harold Sakata
No photo available
Mike Polchlopek
as Ben Sharpe
James Rocha
as 'Iron' Mike Sharpe
Jun Akiyama
as Kokichi Endo
Rob Rechsteiner
as Wrestler
Denden
as Showman
No photo available
Rho Jun-ho
as Kim Il
Park Cheol-min
as Kim Myon-Gil
No photo available
Makoto Hashi
No photo available
Munenori Iwamoto
as Kenichi Tamura
No photo available
Shigeru Kajiwara
as Announcer
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Magy
as New Havana Club M.C.
No photo available
Chikara Momota
Shinji Nomura
as NTV President
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Masami Ogishima
as Interviewer
Rei Okamoto
as Middle-Aged Woman
No photo available
Kanehiro Ri
No photo available
Kazuyuki Senba
as Nishonoyama Oyakata
Go Shiozaki
Sawa Suzuki
as Keiko Oki
Taro Yamamoto
as Koichi Kasai
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Koji Yoshida
No photo available
Yuzuru Yoshimachi
No photo available
Jeremy Deschner
as Extra (uncredited)