The Fighter in the Ring

Overview

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.

Cast

Rikidōzan

Rikidōzan

Hisaya Morishige

Keiko Kishi

Chiemi Eri

Mariko Miyagi

Ichirō Arishima

Akihiko Hirata

Yasuko Nakada

Mike Mazurki

Helen Higgins