

Rikidozan: A Hero Extraordinaire
December 15, 2004•2h 19m•★ 6.0
Drama
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.
Director
Song Hae-sungWriters
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
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