---
title: 'Rikidōzan (2004)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Song Hae-seong'
released: '2004-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'South Korea'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/rikidozan-2004'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0435931/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Rikidōzan (2004)

2004 · Drama, History · South Korea

Original title: 역도산

## Synopsis

Rikidōzan is a 2004 South Korean-Japanese film written and directed by Song Hae-sung. The film is based on the life of Rikidōzan, a legendary ethnic Korean professional wrestler who became a national hero in Japan in the 1950s. It stars Sul Kyung-gu in the title role, with Miki Nakatani, Tatsuya Fuji, and actual Japanese wrestlers Keiji Mutoh and Masakatsu Funaki in the cast.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Song Hae-seong](https://cinepixo.com/people/song-hae-seong)
- **Screenplay:** [Song Hae-seong](https://cinepixo.com/people/song-hae-seong)

## Cast

- [Tatsuya Fuji](https://cinepixo.com/people/tatsuya-fuji)
- [Masakatsu Funaki](https://cinepixo.com/people/masakatsu-funaki)
- [Masato Hagiwara](https://cinepixo.com/people/masato-hagiwara)
- [Shinya Hashimoto](https://cinepixo.com/people/shinya-hashimoto)
- [Miki Nakatani](https://cinepixo.com/people/miki-nakatani)
- [Keiji Mutoh](https://cinepixo.com/people/keiji-mutoh)
- [Sul Kyung-gu](https://cinepixo.com/people/sul-kyung-gu)

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Official site: http://www.sonypictures.jp/movies/rikidozan/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/rikidozan-2004
Film facts: Wikidata (Q491033); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.