The Fighter in the Ring (1956)

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.

Released

1956-08-29

Genres

Drama

Runtime

100 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Seiichiro Uchikawa, Seiichiro Uchikawa, Katsuya Susaki