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The Commute

Apr 14, 2011

0h 12m

★ 0.0

Overview

Ride with professional wrestler Giant Bernard on his 12,000-mile monthly journey from his home in the USA to the ring in Japan. Using an innovative fusion of image and sound, The Commute captures a family man's struggle to balance the brutal and the beautiful.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

New Japan Pro-Wrestling

25th Frame

The Commute Trailers

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Cast

Himself

Matt Bloom

Himself

Hiroshi Tanahashi

Himself

Shinsuke Nakamura

Himself

Togi Makabe

Himself

Toru Yano

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Takashi Iizuka

Himself

Tomoaki Honma

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Yujiro Takahashi

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