About Intense Training Sessions of the Sumo Wrestler’s Son | Sport Kids Documentary
The 10-year-old Japanese boy Chikara is one of the best sumo wrestler in his club. As the son of Harumitsu, a former professional sumo champion, he needs to live up to high expectations. Chikara's father is very busy and their only time together is during their training lessons. When the annual Sumo Championship is coming up, it means everything to Chikara to win and make his father proud — but the young boy begins to doubt himself. ------- Chapters ▷ 00:00 — Intro ▷ 00:11 — Chikara ▷ 01:13 — The Sumowrestler's Son ▷ 31:24 — Credits ------- ------- Sport Kids is a nordic collaboration with Story, Sweden, Final Cut for Real, Denmark and Sant & Usant, Norway; each of the six films is taking place in a different country, featuring a new kid and their relation to sport, family and friends. Using sport as a vehicle to tell universal stories engaging kids in their own environment with storytelling on their own terms. We hope that these films will strengthen their sense of community and solidarity with other children and
Intense Training Sessions of the Sumo Wrestler’s Son | Sport Kids Documentary is presented by wocomoDOCS. Its listed runtime is 32 minutes. The source link and publisher attribution are provided with the embedded film.
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- Title
- Intense Training Sessions of the Sumo Wrestler’s Son | Sport Kids Documentary
- Category
- Society
- Runtime
- 32 minutes
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- wocomoDOCS
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