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6 December 2004 (South Korea) morePlot:
A chronicle of the life of Korean-born wrestler Rikidozan, who, after being barred from Japanese wrestling because of his ethnic origins, became a sensation in the United States in the 1950s. | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
1950s
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Wrestler
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1960s
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Korean
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Based On True Story
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2 wins moreUser Comments:
Loved it for so many reasons beyond the film itself. moreCast
(Credited cast) | Kyung-gu Sol | ... | Rikidozan |
| Miki Nakatani | ... | Aya |
| Tatsuya Fuji | ... | Kano Takeyo |
| Masato Hagiwara | ... | Yoshimachi Yuzuru |
| Masakatsu Funaki | ... | Imura Mashahiko |
| Keiji Mutoh | ... | Harold Sakata |
| Cheol-min Park | ||
| Jun-ho No | ||
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Delcea Mihaela Gabriela | ||
| Shinya Hashimoto | ... | Higashinami |
| Michael Polchlopek | ... | Ben Sharpe (as Mike Barton) |
| Jim Steele | ... | 'Iron' Mike Sharpe |
| Rick Steiner | ... | Wrestler |
| Yuzuru Yoshimachi | ||
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I got to watch Kim Il wrestle in Korea as a little boy and then when I came to America I was hooked on all the wrestling I could get on my TV and cable through the years. I wish I was alive back in those days to see Rikdozan in the U.S.
I remember hearing about the legend of Yeokdosan from my friend's father as he told me of his divine Karate chop and how he was assassinated by jealous Yakuza men for his Korean ancestry. I just marveled like a little boy as I listened to him describe the great Legend wide eyed and impressionable. Almost two decades later I waited with anxious breath to finally see the movie based on this man and boy was I hooked. I must have watched it 10 times already. I have to admit it was more for the story of the man than for the movie itself. Props to Sol Kyung-Gu for gaining weight and jumping into Japanese language for the role of his life.
Can't say enough how I was moved by his refusal to accept defeat no matter what the powers that be would order him to do. Yeokdosan-A man who achieved greatness while having the odds stacked against him in nations other than his own back in those days? Priceless. I am humbled.
Can we get an Eddie Guerrero film as well?