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
 * Kim Il (Kintaro Ohki): No Jun-Ho
 * Koukichi Endoh: Jun Akiyama
 * Toyonobori: Mohammed Yone
 * Harold Sakata (Tosh Togo): Keiji Mutoh
 * Azumanami: Shinya Hashimoto
 * Ben Sharpe: Mike Barton
 * Mike Sharpe: Jim Steele
 * Atomic: Rick Steiner
 * Keiko Oki: Sawa Suzuki
 * Nishonoyama Oyakata: Kazuyuki Senba
 * Kenichi Tamura: Munenori Iwamoto
 * New Havana Club M.C.: Magy