Film / 1956

The Fighter in the Ring

Name: The Fighter in the Ring
Genre: Dramma
Released: 1956-08-29
Duration: 100 min
Cast: Rikidōzan, Hisaya Morishige, Keiko Kishi, Chiemi Eri, Mariko Miyagi

Regia Seiichiro Uchikawa

Dramma

Docudrama about Rikidozan. When Rikidozan is accused by a school teacher of selling autographs to children for ¥50 apiece, "Riki" (as he was popularly known) investigates, eventually putting a stop to such unseemliness. Later, as he is about to wrestle an American (modeled after Lou Thesz), a young boy is injured by another youngster who imitated his famous karate chop.