Movielogr
Wrestling-Ring Festival (1944)
Directed by Santaro Marune
Overview
According to Donal Richie in The Japanese Film it was meant to do for sumo wrestling what Kurosawa had done for judo in Sanshiro sugata, and that Kurosawa wrote it for Daiei after “drinking up all [his] money” (from his autobiography).
Length 80 minutes
Actors
Chiezô Kataoka | Haruyo Ichikawa | Mitsusaburô Ramon | Isamu Yamaguchi | Akira Kishii | Masao Oi | Kôichi Katsuragi | Kensaku Hara