Pretty young Ruriko (Eba) and her motley gang of women sumo wrestlers fight to save their training center in this T&A chopsocky comedy. Ruriko teams up with a former sumo champion, Arakuma (Arase), to assemble a cadre of female wrestlers and train them in the “ancient art” of female sumo wrestling in order to protect Ruriko from her
yakuza creditors. Their first problem is finding willing recruits; two spaced out streetwalkers and an endlessly sobbing young mother are the best they can manage. Still, the training begins, with many scenes of stretching, wrestling, and running. The action really heats up, however, when the girls run into
yakuza thugs and ...
Released:
1996
Rated:
NR
Length:
73 mins