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6.1/10   345 votes
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Director:
Minoru Kawasaki
Writers:
Minoru Kawasaki (writer)
Masakazu Migita (writer)
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Genre:
Comedy more
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"Baseketball" meets "Tampopo" and asks "Shall We Dance?" more

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Calamari Wrestler (Canada: English title) (International: English title)
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Runtime:
95 min
Country:
Japan
Language:
Japanese
Color:
Color
Company:
Imagica Corp. more

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Spoofs Kyokuskin kenka karate burai ken (1977) more

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4 out of 6 people found the following comment useful:-
"Baseketball" meets "Tampopo" and asks "Shall We Dance?", 9 September 2005
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Author: wmjiii728 from United States

I never thought that a film set in the professional wrestling arena could be so entertaining on so many comic levels. From slapstick to irony, the artful deadpan acting and the multi-faceted script filled my livingroom with laughter.

Every time the reliance on the costumes began to irritate my sensibilities the intentional ambiguities and incongruities of the characterizations fractured my funny-bone.

Love is a many-tentacled thing for the lovely girlfriend who can't make up her mind and the comedy comes at the viewer from all directions: Love and loyalty, character and competition,fathers and sons, winners and losers, biology, gastronomy and sport-tainment are all satirized.

I think that this film should appeal to fans of wrestling, "The Iron Chef", "Finding Nemo", "Rocky", sci-fi and anyone who appreciates that humor knows no international boundaries.

The film is suitable for all audiences. Anyone who gets a fraction of the gags will be entertained. It would be a great Saturday night comedy for the whole family. An English language dub would eliminate the only barrier to the film's mass-appeal.

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