Hot on the heels of "Fighter in the Wind" comes another biopic about a 20th-century Japanese fighting legend who was, in fact, ethnically Korean. Clearly aimed at the Nipponese market (South Korea's ...

Throughout the 1950s, the Japanese wrestler Rikidozan disposed of his American opponents in the ring with a dizzying array of pile drivers, head butts and thunderous karate chops. Still smarting from ...

Does anyone remember Rikidozan, a national hero in Japan in the wake of its defeat in World War II? Probably not many as he has been dead for 40 years, but almost everyone does in North Korea.

SEOUL — The world premiere of “Rikidozan: A Hero Extraordinary” was held in Seoul Dec. 6, unveiling one of the most anticipated films of the year locally and marking a new level Korean-Japanese film ...

Former sumo and pro wrestling sensation Rikidozan revolutionised the business in Japan in the 1950s as both star and promoter for the fledgling Japan Pro Wrestling Association, building on the work ...

The godfather of professional wrestling in Japan, Rikidozan was nothing less than a national phenomenon in the 1950s. However, in 1963, the same year he broke Japanese television records with his ...

This edition of ‘This day... ‘ offers a tribute to one of the greatest figures in professional wrestling – the Japanese legend and founder of the nation’s first wrestling promotion, Rikidozan. The man ...

A new era is born.

Pro-wrestling goes by a strong set of rules that every performer is expected to follow. Being in matches against each other generates a high tendency for wrestlers to legitimately injure themselves in ...