Sumo Movie -

It is visceral, exhausting, and genuinely moving. When Kenji finally executes a perfect uwatenage (overarm throw), you may find yourself standing up in your living room. It is one of the best-acted sports sequences of the year. Rating: ★★★½ (3.5/5)

Viewers allergic to training montages, or those hoping for a violent Shogun -style bloodbath. This is a gentle giant of a film. sumo movie

There’s a blooper reel showing the actors attempting to cook chanko-nabe for real. It’s funnier than half the film’s actual script. It is visceral, exhausting, and genuinely moving