Rikudōsan
Song Haixing
Seol Gyeong-gu, Nakatani Miki, Fujiwara Tatsuya, Hagiwara Seiji, Funaki Masakatsu, Mutoh Keiji, Park Jeol-min
2004
South Korea, Japan
Completed
Japanese, Korean
139 minutes
Detailed introduction
This film (drama)Also known as역도산，is aSouth Korea, JapanProducerwomen sex，At2004Released in year
。The dialogue language isJapanese, Korean，Current Douban rating7.0(For reference only)。
The North Korean Rikudōsan (played by Seol Gyeong-gu), originally named Kim Sin-lok, was exceptionally strong from a young age. He was recommended by a talent scout to travel across the ocean to Japan to learn sumo wrestling. After undergoing rigorous training, he eventually ranked third in Japan, but due to his identity as a North Korean, his abilities could not be further recognized. Disappointed, Rikudōsan spent his days drinking and fighting, until he met a wrestler from the United States during one of his brawls. Rikudōsan then decided to switch from sumo to wrestling and went to America to train. A year later, Rikudōsan returned, bringing this still novel sport back to Japan. He defeated American wrestlers in the ring, which excited the downcast Japanese people after the war, making him a national hero overnight. However, his legend came to an unexpectedly swift end…