Chanko
Sumo Hot Pot –Chanko–
- Release Date
- March, 18th, 2006
- Running Time
- 119 min
- Color
- Color
- Screening Format
- 35mm
- Screen Size
- American Vista (1:1.85)
- Sound Processing
- Dolby Digital
- Subtitle
- English
[ Directed by ]
[ Produced by ]
[ Cast ]
- SUDO Atsuko ── NAKATA Yuka
- AZUMA Takahiro ── WAKABAYASHI Ryuzo
- Ricaya SPOONER ── Andy CABRERA
- WATABE Atsuro ── MATSUKAWA Toshiyuki
[ Staff ]
- YAMADA Kota ── Screenplay
- MINATO Takehiko ── Screenplay
- HIRONAKA Yasuhito ── Cinematography
- OTA Kikuo ── Production Design
- KANEKO Naoki ── Editor
[ Distributor (Japan) ]
Dream One Film
[ Story ]
This coming-of-age story by Director Sato Toshiki tells the true story of the Hiroshima University sumo club and the two students, a foreign exchange student and a female student, who fought to save it from disappearing. Nakata Yuka (Sudo Atsuko), a university freshman, decides to enter the school's sumo club, which only has one other member -- Cabrera (Ricaya Spooner), a foreign exchange student from Brazil. In order to save the club from being abolished, they invite Cabrera's foreign exchange student friends in hopes of winning the university sumo championship. But just as the team bands together and everyone starts to give their all in training, the club faces its biggest dilemma yet...
[ Official Site ]
http://www.dreamonefilms.com/chanko/
[ Contact (International) ]
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