Rikidozan: A Hero Extraordinaire
Drama
★ 6.0/1020042h 19m
Director: Song Hae-sung
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.
Runtime
2h 19m
Language
Korean
Released
Dec 15, 2004
Runtime
2h 19m
Language
Korean
Released
Dec 15, 2004
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
Mike Polchlopek
Ben Sharpe
James Rocha
'Iron' Mike Sharpe
Jun Akiyama
Kokichi Endo
Rob Rechsteiner
Wrestler
Denden
Showman
Rho Jun-ho
Rho Jun-ho
Kim Il
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
NTV President
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