The Fighter in the Ring

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

August 29, 1956

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

TOHO,Kyodo Eiga

Cast

Rikidōzan,Hisaya Morishige,Keiko Kishi,Chiemi Eri,Mariko Miyagi,Ichirō Arishima,Akihiko Hirata,Yasuko Nakada,Mike Mazurki,Helen Higginsand 6 more

Director

Seiichiro Uchikawa

Writer

Seiichiro Uchikawa,Katsuya Susaki,Ryuzo Kikushima

Producer

Kazuo Takimura,Shigeru Wakatsuki,Katsuzō Shino

Cinematography

Kōzō Okazaki

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt15028582