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Wakanohana Monogatari Dohyō no Oni

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Wakanohana monogatari dohyou no oni
Japanese movie poster
Directed byKenjiro Morinaga
Produced byNikkatsu
Release date
  • December 27, 1956 (1956-12-27)[1]
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Wakanohana monogatari dohyō no oni (若ノ花物語 土俵の鬼, lit."Wakanohana: the Story of Devil of the Dohyō") is a 1956 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Kenjiro Morinaga.

It is a sport film about sumo wrestler Wakanohana Kanji I.[2] He was nicknamed "Devil of the dohyo"" due to his great fighting spirit and endurance.

Cast

References

  1. ^ (in Japanese) http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1956/cf005560.htm accessed 8 February 2009
  2. ^ Gunning, John (17 September 2019). "Sumo 101: Sumo on the silver screen". Japan Times. Retrieved 21 October 2019.