Rikid%C5%8Dzan (film)

Rikidzan Hangul RRYeokdosan is a 2004 South KoreanJapanese film written and directed by Song Haesung. The film is based on the life of Rikidzan, a legendary ethnic Korean professional wrestler who became a national hero in Japan in the 1950s. It stars Sol Kyunggu in the titular role, with Miki Nakatani, Tatsuya Fuji, and actual Japanese wrestlers Keiji Mutoh and Masakatsu Funaki in the cast.

Sol Kyunggu gainedkilograms 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 Haesung, and Best Cinematography for Kim Hyungkoo. ........

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