Sumo East and West
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Ferne Pearlstein
Robert S Edwards
Robert S Edwards
Ferne Pearlstein
Ferne Pearlstein
Ferne Pearlstein
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In Japan sumo is not only the national sport but a centuries-old cultural treasure. Yet this highly traditional world is facing profound changes due to the postwar influx of foreign images, ideas, and influences-foremost among them the arrival of bigger, heavier American wrestlers of Polynesian descent from Hawaii. At the same time, sumo is growing in popularity in the West, where its advocates are lobbying for its inclusion in the Olympics and staging amateur sumo tournaments in venues like Las Vegas casinos-events that bear little resemblance to the sport's Japanese forebear.
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Ferne Pearlstein
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Miscellaneous Notes
Shown at SILVERDOCS:AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival (Inside Sports) June 18-22, 2003.
dialogue English, Japanese
