Movie

Rikidozan: A Hero Extraordinaire

20042h 19min

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.

Cast

Sul Kyung-gu

Rikidozan

Miki Nakatani

Aya

Tatsuya Fuji

Takeo Kanno

Masato Hagiwara

Yuzuru Yoshimachi

Masakatsu Funaki

Imura Mashahiko

Shinya Hashimoto

Higashinami

Keiji Muto

Harold Sakata

Mike Polchlopek

Ben Sharpe

James Rocha

'Iron' Mike Sharpe

Jun Akiyama

Kokichi Endo

Rob Rechsteiner

Wrestler

Denden

Showman

Rho Jun-ho

Kim Il

Park Cheol-min

Kim Myon-Gil

Makoto Hashi

Munenori Iwamoto

Kenichi Tamura

Shigeru Kajiwara

Announcer

Magy

New Havana Club M.C.

Chikara Momota

Shinji Nomura

NTV President

Masami Ogishima

Interviewer

Rei Okamoto

Middle-Aged Woman

Kanehiro Ri

Kazuyuki Senba

Nishonoyama Oyakata

Go Shiozaki

Sawa Suzuki

Keiko Oki

Taro Yamamoto

Koichi Kasai

Koji Yoshida

Yuzuru Yoshimachi

Jeremy Deschner

Extra (uncredited)

Thomas Lynch

Pro-Wrestler (uncredited)

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