Rikidozan (film)

Rikidōzan (역도산, Yeokdosan) is a 2004 South Korean and Japanese film written and directed by Song Hae-seong. The film is based on the life of professional wrestler Rikidozan and stars Sol Kyung-gu in the titular role. Also starring in the movie are Miki Nakatani, Tatsuya Fuji, and wrestling superstar Keiji Mutoh as well as MMA legend Masakatsu Funaki. The film won the South Korean film industry's Grand Bell Award for best directing and the cinematography by Kim Hyeon-gu but wasn't a box-office hit.
==Cast==
*Rikidozan/Kim Sin-rak: Sol Kyung-gu
*Aya: Miki Nakatani
*Takeo Kanno: Tatsuya Fuji
*Yuzuru Yoshimachi: Masato Hagiwara
*Kōichi Kasai: Taro Yamamoto
*Masahiko Imura: Masakatsu Funaki
*Kim Myon-Gil: Park Cheol-min
*Kintaro Oki/Kim Il: No Jun-Ho
*Kokichi Endo: Jun Akiyama
*Toyonobori: Mohammed Yone
*Tosh Togo/Harold Sakata: Keiji Mutoh
*Azumanami: Shinya Hashimoto
*Ben Sharpe: Mike Barton
*Mike Sharpe Sr.: Jim Steele
*Atomic: Rick Steiner
*Wrestler: Makoto Hashi
*Wrestler: Go Shiozaki
*Wrestler: Koji Yoshida
*Wrestler: Chikara Momota
*NTV President: Shinji Nomura
*Keiko Oki: Sawa Suzuki
*Nishonoyama Oyakata: Kazuyuki Senba
*Kenichi Tamura: Munenori Iwamoto
*New Havana Club M.C.: Magy
==External links==
*Rikidozan at the Internet Movie Database
*KMDB
*Sony Pictures Japan
Category:Films