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Chikara - The Sumo Wrestler's Son

Simon Lereng Wilmont, Denmark, 2014

32 min.DK/DocumentaryChildren's films

The film follows the 10-year-old Japanese boy Chikara and his struggle to become a sumo wrestler. His father, Harumitsu, was a professional sumo wrestler from one of Tokyo's most successful clubs, so expectations surrounding Chikara are extremely high. Today his father owns a noodle shop, where he works too much. They only spend time together during Sumo wrestling practice. This time is very valuable for Chikara and he desperately wants to impress his father, but when Harumitsu is there, Chikara gets really nervous and everything seems to go wrong. The annual national Sumo Championship is approaching and it means everything to Chikara to do well, so his father will be proud of him.
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Original title Chikara - Sumobryderens Søn
Danish title Chikara - Sumobryderens Søn
Other titles Sumobryderens søn, Sport Kids
Part of Sport Kids
Keywords Boys, Father-son relation, Sumo wrestling, Japan, 2010-2019
Director Simon Lereng Wilmont
Screenplay Simon Lereng Wilmont
Producer Monica Hellström
Director of Photography Simon Lereng Wilmont, Lars Skree
Editor Michael Aaglund
Sound Peter Albrechtsen
Composer Asger & Peder
Production country Denmark
Dialogue language Danish,English,Japanese
Domestic distribution Danske Filminstitut
International sales Autlook Filmsales
Danish festival release 19.09.2014, BUSTER
Online release 12.12.2015
DFI subsidy Konsulentstøtte
Danish rating Not recommended for children under 7
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Companies

Production company Final Cut for Real ApS
With support from Det Danske Filminstitut
Domestic distribution Danske Filminstitut

Direction

Direction Simon Lereng Wilmont

Script

Screenplay Simon Lereng Wilmont

Production

Producer Monica Hellström
Production manager Maria Kristensen
Executive producer Signe Byrge Sørensen
Post-production Anders V. Christensen

Cinematography

Cinematographer Simon Lereng Wilmont
Cinematographer Lars Skree

Editing

Editor Michael Aaglund

Music

Composer Asger & Peder

Sound

Sound designer Peter Albrechtsen

Visual effects

Graphic design Emil Thorbjørnsson
Colourist Anders V. Christensen

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