Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (1992)

Director
Masayuki Suo

Main cast
Masahiro Motoki; Misa Shimizu; Naoto Takenaka; Akira Emoto; Kaori Mizushima

Genres
Comedy

Description
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.


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