Rikidōzan (film)

• Rikidōzan/Kim Sin-rak: Sul Kyung-gu • Aya: Miki Nakatani • Yuzuru Yoshimachi: Masato Hagiwara • Keiko Oki: Sawa Suzuki • Kōichi Kasai: Tarō Yamamoto • Masahiko Kimura: Masakatsu Funaki† • Kim Myon-gil: Park Chul-min • Kim Il: No Jun-ho • Kōkichi Endō: Jun Akiyama† • Toyonobori: Muhammad Yone† • Harold Sakata: Keiji Mutoh† • Azumanami: Shinya Hashimoto† • Ben Sharpe: Mike Polchlopek† • Mike Sharpe: Jim Steele† • Mr. Atomic (Clyde Steeves): Rick Steiner† • Wrestler: Makoto Hashi† • Wrestler: Go Shiozaki† • Wrestler: Koji Yoshida • Wrestler: Chikara Momota • Announcer: Shigeru Kajiwara • Interviewer: Masami Ogishima • NTV President: Shinji Nomura • Nishonoyama Oyakata: Kazuyuki Senba • Kenichi Tamura: Munenori Iwamoto • New Havana Club M.C.: Magy • Middle-Aged Woman: Rei Okamoto • Takeo Kanno: Tatsuya Fuji †denotes an actual professional wrestler ==Reception==

Sol Kyung-gu gained 20 kilograms (44 lbs.) for the role and also delivered 95% of his lines in Japanese. Despite winning great praise for his performance, however, the film vastly underperformed in the box office on its local release, with total admissions at 1,249,794. Nevertheless, Rikidozan was recognized at the 42nd Grand Bell Awards, winning Best Director for Song Hae-sung, and Best Cinematography for Kim Hyung-koo. ==References==