Rikidozan: A Hero Extraordinaire

Story of Rikidozan, a sumo wrestler who can only achieve limited success in Japan because he's half Korean. But when Rikidozan goes to the United States and discovers professional wrestling, he becomes a hero back home.

Drama

Sul Kyung-gu

(Rikidozan)

Miki Nakatani

(Aya)

Tatsuya Fuji

(Takeo Kanno)

Masato Hagiwara

(Yuzuru Yoshimachi)

Masakatsu Funaki

(Imura Mashahiko)

Shinya Hashimoto

(Higashinami)

Keiji Muto

(Harold Sakata)

Mike Polchlopek

(Ben Sharpe)

James Rocha

('Iron' Mike Sharpe)

Jun Akiyama

(Kokichi Endo)

Rob Rechsteiner

(Wrestler)

Denden

(Showman)

Rho Jun-ho

(Kim Il)

Park Cheol-min

(Kim Myon-Gil)

Makoto Hashi

Munenori Iwamoto

(Kenichi Tamura)

Shigeru Kajiwara

(Announcer)

Magy

(New Havana Club M.C.)

Chikara Momota

Shinji Nomura

(NTV President)

Masami Ogishima

(Interviewer)

Rei Okamoto

(Middle-Aged Woman)

Kanehiro Ri

Kazuyuki Senba

(Nishonoyama Oyakata)

Go Shiozaki

Sawa Suzuki

(Keiko Oki)

Taro Yamamoto

(Koichi Kasai)

Koji Yoshida

Yuzuru Yoshimachi

Jeremy Deschner

(Extra (uncredited))

Thomas Lynch

(Pro-Wrestler (uncredited))