Rikidozan: A Hero Extraordinaire

Overview

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.

Directed by Song Hae-sung

Top cast

Sul Kyung-gu

Rikidozan

Miki Nakatani

Aya

Tatsuya Fuji

Takeo Kanno

Masato Hagiwara

Yuzuru Yoshimachi

Masakatsu Funaki

Imura Mashahiko

Shinya Hashimoto

Higashinami

Keiji Mutō

Harold Sakata

M

Mike Polchlopek

Ben Sharpe

James Rocha

'Iron' Mike Sharpe

Jun Akiyama

Kokichi Endo

Rob Rechsteiner

Wrestler

Denden

Showman

R

Rho Jun-ho

Kim Il

Park Cheol-min

Kim Myon-Gil

M

Makoto Hashi

M

Munenori Iwamoto

Kenichi Tamura

S

Shigeru Kajiwara

Announcer

M

Magy

New Havana Club M.C.

C

Chikara Momota

Shinji Nomura

NTV President

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