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100 Years of Korean Cinema: Wild at Heart

Rikidozan: A Hero Extraordinary

Director_ SONG Haesung

Korea 2004 132min 35mm Color feature Fiction

Review

In 1950, Yeokdosan realizes that unless he was born Japanese, he can’t reach the summit of sumo and gives it up. Spending his days drinking and fighting, he chances upon pro wrestling, and heads to America to seek his fortune. 2 years later, he returns home as a wrestler and defeats the American opponent with a karate chop. He becomes a Japanese hero but after all, his life falls apart.

CREDIT

DirectorSONG Haesung
ScreenplaySONG Haesung
ProducerKIM Sun-ah
Cinematography UMEKAWA Haruo

Art DirectorKIM Hyeon-gu
EditorYU Kilwon
MusicPARK Gok-ji

CastLEE Jae-jin

DIRECTOR

SONG Haesung

Born in 1964. He debuted with Calla (1999) and won Blue Dragon Film Awards with Failan (2001). He is a director of Maundy Thursday (2006) and Boomerang Family (2013).

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