Shiko Funjatta

film by Suo [1992]

Also known as: “Sumo Do, Sumo Don’t”

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Shiko funjatta (1992), also known as Sumo Do, Sumo Don't, is a Japanese film directed by Masayuki Suo. The movie is an amusing story about a young man who is compelled to join his university's struggling sumo wrestling team. The film was a critical and commercial success, earning a Japanese Academy Award for best film in 1992 and achieving unexpected popularity at the Cannes film festival in 1993. Masayuki Suo is known for directing films that explore subjects outside the mainstream of Japanese society.1

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Suo Masayuki
Suo wrote and directed Shiko funjatta (1992; Sumo Do, Sumo Don’t), an amusing tale about a young man forced to participate in his university’s lamentably bad sumo wrestling team. Shiko funjatta won a Japanese Academy Award for best film in 1992 and was a surprise hit at the Cannes…
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Suo wrote and directed Shiko funjatta (1992; Sumo Do, Sumo Don’t), an amusing tale about a young man forced to participate in his university’s lamentably bad sumo wrestling team. Shiko funjatta won a Japanese Academy Award for best film in 1992 and was a surprise hit at the Cannes…
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