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My Dad Is a Heel Wrestler
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My Dad Is a Heel Wrestler

Sep 21, 2018
1h 50m
★ 7.3

Overview

Takashi Omura (Hiroshi Tanahashi) was once a popular professional wrestler, but he isn't popular anymore. He now wears a cockroach mask and wrestles as a villain. He is married to Shiori (Yoshino Kimura) and they have an elementary school aged son named Shota (Kokoro Terada). Takashi and Shiori have not yet told their son what Takashi does for a living. One day, Shota finds out that Takashi is a professional wrestler and a villain with a cockroach mask. Shota is shocked and tells a lie to his classmate that his dad is a popular professional wrestler.

Genres

Family
Drama

Production Companies

Bridgehead
Pipeline
AMUSE
Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures
TV Asahi
New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Bushiroad

My Dad Is a Heel Wrestler Trailers

Cast

Hiroshi Tanahashi

Takashi Omura

Hiroshi Tanahashi

Yoshino Kimura

Shiori Omura

Yoshino Kimura

Kokoro Terada

Shota Omura

Kokoro Terada

Riisa Naka

Michiko Oba

Riisa Naka

Kazuchika Okada

Dragon George

Kazuchika Okada

Ryusuke Taguchi

Blue Bottle Mask

Ryusuke Taguchi

Togi Makabe

SweetGorilla Maruyama

Togi Makabe

Satoshi Kojima

Satoshi Kojima

Yuji Nagata

Yuji Nagata

Manabu Nakanishi

Manabu Nakanishi

Hirooki Goto

Hirooki Goto

Ukyo Matsumoto

Ukyo Matsumoto

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