Rikidōzan (film)
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| Hangul | 역도산 |
| Hanja | 力道山 |
| Revised Romanization | Yeokdosan |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yŏkdosan |
| Directed by | Song Hae-sung |
| Written by | Song Hae-sung |
| Produced by | Kim Sun-ah Haruo Umekawa |
| Starring | Sul Kyung-gu Miki Nakatani Tatsuya Fuji Masato Hagiwara Masakatsu Funaki |
| Cinematography | Kim Hyung-koo |
| Edited by | Park Gok-ji |
| Music by | Lee Jae-jin |
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Running time | 137 minutes |
| Countries | South Korea Japan |
| Languages | Japanese Korean |
Rikidōzan (Korean: 역도산; RR: Yeokdosan) 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.