Rikidozan: A Hero Extraordinaire backdrop

Rikidozan: A Hero Extraordinaire 2004 Directed by Song Hae-sung 역도산

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.

Production Country South Korea
Language Korean
Spoken Languages Japanese , Korean
Gnere Drama
Production Companies CJ Entertainment , Sidus
Release Date 15 December 2004
139 mins
Cast
Sul Kyung-gu Rikidozan
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
Rho Jun-ho Kim Il
Park Cheol-min Kim Myon-Gil
Munenori Iwamoto Kenichi Tamura
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)
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