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Rikidozan: A Hero Extraordinaire

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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 bySong Hae-sung

Status: Released
Runtime: 2h 19m
Language: KO
Released: December 15, 2004

Studios

Sidus

CJ Entertainment

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Rikidozan: A Hero Extraordinaire

Rikidozan: A Hero Extraordinaire

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited

Starring

Sul Kyung-gu

Sul Kyung-gu

Rikidozan

Miki Nakatani

Miki Nakatani

Aya

Tatsuya Fuji

Tatsuya Fuji

Takeo Kanno

Masato Hagiwara

Masato Hagiwara

Yuzuru Yoshimachi

Masakatsu Funaki

Masakatsu Funaki

Imura Mashahiko

Shinya Hashimoto

Shinya Hashimoto

Higashinami

Keiji Mutō

Keiji Mutō

Harold Sakata

Mike Polchlopek

Ben Sharpe

James Rocha

James Rocha

'Iron' Mike Sharpe

Jun Akiyama

Jun Akiyama

Kokichi Endo

Creative team

Directed by: Song Hae-sung
Written by: Song Hae-sung
Produced by: Kim Sun-ah
Tcha Sung-jai

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