Sumo Do, Sumo Don't

Jan 15, 1992

1h 45m

★ 6.8

A giant comedy… with giant underpants!

Overview

A college senior, Shuhei, is blackmailed by a professor into joining the school's sumo team. He is aided by a group of misfits who must team together to defeat their rivals or face disgrace and the disbandment of the sumo club.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Cabin Co., Ltd.

Daiei Film

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Cast

Shuhei Yamamoto

Masahiro Motoki

Natsuko Kawashima

Misa Shimizu

Aoki Tomio

Naoto Takenaka

Professor Tokichi Anayama

Akira Emoto

Chie Asai

Kaori Mizushima

Hosaku Tanaka

Hiromasa Taguchi

Kentarô Sakai

Haruo Yamamoto

Masaaki Takarai

Tatsuo Horino

Masaru Matsuda

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Hiroshi Miyasaka

Hayashi

Goro Kataoka

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