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Wrestling-Ring Festival (1944)

Genre : History, Action

Runtime : 1H 20M

Director : Santaro Marune

Synopsis

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).

Actors

Chiezō Kataoka
Chiezō Kataoka
Mt. Fuji
Haruyo Ichikawa
Haruyo Ichikawa
Mitsusaburō Ramon
Mitsusaburō Ramon
Isamu Yamaguchi
Isamu Yamaguchi
Akira Kishii
Akira Kishii
Masao Oi
Masao Oi
Kōichi Katsuragi
Kōichi Katsuragi
Kensaku Hara
Kensaku Hara

Crews

Tatsuo Asano
Tatsuo Asano
Producer
Santaro Marune
Santaro Marune
Director
Takashi Miyagawa
Takashi Miyagawa
Assistant Director
Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa
Writer
Hikojiro Suzuki
Hikojiro Suzuki
Story
Kazuo Miyagawa
Kazuo Miyagawa
Cinematography
Gorô Nishi
Gorô Nishi
Music
Heikichi Tsunoi
Heikichi Tsunoi
Art Direction
Kiyoshi Kawamura
Kiyoshi Kawamura
Art Direction
Tokuzo Fujitani
Tokuzo Fujitani
Sound Recordist