Acting

Rikidōzan

Born 1924-11-14

Acting credits

Kings of the Square Ring poster
NR

KINGS OF THE SQUARE RING captures some of the most amazing battles ever seen in the field of mixed martial arts, an extreme sport that combines elements of boxing, wrestling, karate, muay thai, jujitsu, and tae kwon do into a no-holds-barred style of fighting. The collection presents archival footage of fighting greats like Masutatsu Oyama, Benny "The Jet" Urquidez, Rikidozan, Antonio Inoki, and Muhammad Ali.

Kings of the Square Ring

1978

Pure-Hearted Unit poster
8.0

A story of young people in the immediate aftermath of World War II, their post-war careers, sorrows, and triumphs.

Pure-Hearted Unit

1957

Detour to Love poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Detour to Love

1955

The Fighter in the Ring poster
NR

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.

The Fighter in the Ring

1956

No artwork available
NR

1954 Japanese film starring professional wrestler Rikidozan.

Rikidozan no tetsuwan kyojin

1954

Rikidozan: Man of Fury poster
NR

The story of legendary Korean-Japanese wrestler Rikidozan.

Rikidozan: Man of Fury

1955

Lou Thesz vs. Rikidozan World Title Battle poster
NR

1957 documentary covering the highly publicized wrestling match between Japanese-Korean Rikidozan versus Lou Thesz.

Lou Thesz vs. Rikidozan World Title Battle

1957

Brutal Battle poster
NR

The president of the Hong Kong Almond Cola company, Liu's grandfather, signed a purchase and sale agreement with Showa Nakajima from Japan, and shortly before leaving for Japan, someone attacked him. Before he died, before he lost consciousness, he transferred all the rights to the company to his close confidant Murota and told him to transfer them to his daughter, whom he left in Japan 20 years ago. Murota, who inherited Liu's will, went to Japan. However, the gang of James Howe, the head of the Hong Kong trading world, was waiting for him, seeking to obtain the rights to Almond Cola…

Brutal Battle

1959

The Rikidōzan poster
NR

A documentary that depicts wrestler Rikidōzan and the wrestling boom in Japan.

The Rikidōzan

1983