NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 1

Jul 6, 2019

3h 58m

★ 9.0

Overview

The opening night of the 29th edition of the G1 Climax featuring A Block matches. Taking place at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, the show is headlined by Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada.

Genres

Action

Drama

Production Companies

New Japan Pro-Wrestling

NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 1 Trailers

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Cast

Hiroshi Tanahashi

Kazuchika Okada

Kota Ibushi

KENTA

Kenta Kobayashi

Zack Sabre Jr.

Luke James Uggles Eatwell

SANADA

Seiya Sanada

EVIL

Takaaki Watanabe

Bad Luck Fale

Fale Simitaitoko

Will Ospreay

William Ospreay

Lance Archer

Lance Hoyt

Juice Robinson

Joseph Robinson

Jushin Thunder Liger

Keiichi Yamada

Four overweight friends from the Israeli city of Ramle are fed up of dieting and the dieting club they belong to. When Herzl (155 kilos), the main protagonist, loses his job as a cook and starts working as a dishwasher in a Japanese restaurant in Ramle he discovers the world of Sumo where large people such as himself are honored and appreciated. Through Kitano (60 kilos), the restaurant owner, a former Sumo coach in Japan (who is supposedly hiding from the Yakuza in Israel), he falls in love with a sport involving "two fatsos in diapers and girly hairdos". Herzl wants Kitano to be their coach but Kitano is reluctant - they first have to earn their spurs. "A MATTER OF SIZE" is a comedy about a ‘coming out’ of a different kind - overweight people learning to accept themselves.

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