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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.
Keywords
biography
zainichi
Casts

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)
Crews

Song Hae-sung
Director

Oh Seung-uk
Adaptation
Yu Kil-won
Art Direction

Jang Seong-ho
Visual Effects Supervisor

Shin Jeom-hee
Production Design

Kim Hyung-koo
Director of Photography

Song Hae-sung
Writer

Yoo Sang-seob
Fight Choreographer
Park Yeong-su
2D Artist

Noh Jong-yun
Executive Producer
Kim Sun-ah
Producer
Jung Young-min
Lighting Director
Lee Kang-san
Lighting Director
Lee Jae-jin
Original Music Composer

Tcha Sung-jai
Producer
Park Gok-ji
Editor
Han Cheol-hui
Production Sound Mixer

Choi Tae-young
Sound Supervisor
Hong Jang-pyo
Special Effects Supervisor

Jung Doo-hong
Martial Arts Choreographer
Lee Jin-young
Makeup & Hair
Lee Ji-young
Costume Design
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