Sumo

[Mark Nornes]

On Mar 14, 2007, at 8:11 PM, <mitso2000 at ca.rr.com>  
<mitso2000 at ca.rr.com> wrote:

> Do any of you know any films that deal with sumo?  I know of "Sumo  
> do Sumo Don't" but are there others?

There are early actualities of sumo, perhaps the first sports films  
in Japanese cinema. They even have a structure similar to current day  
television?except that the loser's name gets an X through it. And  
many of the bouts are performed for laughs.

A couple other films with sumo scenes come to mind: Shibukawa Bangoro  
(pretty funny), War at Sea from Hawai'i to Malaya (pretty serious).

Markus