''Kyoritsu University''
Excuse my poor rendition
of Jean Cocteau.
In it he talks about sumo.
During a visit to Japan,
he watched a sumo tournament
The scholar, Horiguchi,
took him to a sumo stadium.
Here is Horguchi's translation
of his impressions.
The players are pink giants.
As unique as the frescoes from
a famous cathedral
The regimen gives some of them
enormous bellies and breasts
as mature as any woman.
Each of them sports a top-knot
and the face of a pretty girl.
They come together in equilibrium,
their legs intertwined,
their fingers grasping each other's sash.
And the fringe standing erect.
Their muscles flexing.
Legs rooted to the earth.
Blood coursing though their veins.
And the ring is all a pastel of pink.
''Sumo Do, Sumo Don't''
We're the All-Season Sports Club.
We offer tennis, surfing,
skiing, golf, scuba-diving
and bowling.
Join us and you can enjoy all these.
Our scuba tour to Okinawa
is open to non-members, too.
We're not just another sports club.
You could become a TV reporter.
That's not very promising.
I can't expect support.
How about you?
Not yet.
I've decided.
To become what?
I'll join a big company.
Using family connections.
How did you know?
Refrigerator told me.
He can't keep his mouth shut.
You'll have a hard time coming
from our Uni.
Which company?
Better not to ask.
You'll only upset him.
Have you consulted
with your professor?
Should I?
Don't you read the notice board?
Comparative Culture Department
Yamamoto of Social Studies.
Is professor Anayama here?
Pleased to meet you. I'm Anayama.
We're in the middle of cleaning.
Would you excuse us?
Certainly.
She's a brilliant student.
Doing post-graduate work
in advertising.
Second year, aren't you?
Yes.
I'm Natsuko Kawamura.
I'm Yamamoto. Shuhei Yamamoto.
A dreadful record.
A minimum of credits.
You're on my roll,
It says no absences,
but I've never laid eyes
on you before.
Someone has called you present
but I can't pass you.
I've been appointed
your thesis supervisor.
Did you know?
Well... er... no.
Why are you here?
Got a job yet?
Yes, I have.
That's typical.
So now you have to graduate.
Yes, sir.
Can you?
That's up to you, sir.
Don't be stupid. It's up to you.
I'll make you a deal.
Will you join the sumo club?
Sir?
It's only for one day.
Just one appearance in the ring.
It's not as if it's full-time.
Be a man and help out.
Kyoritsu University
The wrestlers face off.
Time to fight!
The signal is given
Aoki rushes forward.
The champion dodges.
Aoki is small but nimble.
The champ fights back.
The odds almost impossible.
Will Aoki be thrown?
Aoki turns the tables!
Aoki has thrown the grand champion!
Lower yourself.
You're crushing them.
Show some fortitude.
Can't this wait till the tournament?
You play the game, you wear the sash.
I didn't ask for this.
You guys are in trouble,
I'm just helping out.
A true volunteer doesn't expect
any return.
I don't know why you're here
but while you are, you're in the club.
And you'll obey me.
Wait here.
Anayama University Grand Champion.
You didn't know he was
a grand champion, did you?
So, you took the manly path.
You call this manly?
What's wrong with it?
A little perseverance
and you'll graduate.
I'm the honorary manager.
Only in name, really.
Professor told me about you.
Don't worry, it's only schoolboy sumo.
We're at the bottom
of the 3rd division.
There's no club weaker.
Hardly any members for 16 years.
We needed volunteers to make
the numbers.
Just enough to enter the tournaments.
But the well is dry.
If we don't enter this year,
we may have to close.
It's in the charter.
But our opponents are full-on,
aren't they?
They'll kill me.
I said not to worry.
They're all the same level.
Very few students actually train
for sumo.
Most are volunteers, too.
Same build and everything.
Sorry to keep you.
Hello.
Professor has done, everything
he could
the rest is up to you.
He wants this place kept spick
and span.
Yes.
He's lived alone here for 4 years.
The only official member.
Do your best.
Let's go.
Where?
We're recruiting.
We need a minimum of five members.
At least one more to train.
Wait on.
In this jockstrap?
It's a sash.
Of course you will.
What about you?
I get to wear this.
What's with Yamamoto.
He's recruiting for sumo.
Do we also do sumo tours?
He's upholding the tradition.
Now recruiting for the sumo club!
Take that cap off.
It helps me to endure the ridicule.
University Pro-Wrestling Competition
Let's go look.
I hate the trickery of it.
In the red corner, Cutie Haruo!
C'mon, Haruo!
Why do I have to dress like this?
Wrestlers need a gimmick.
It was decided at the meeting
that you'd be a transvestite.
Who's a transvestite?
I joined to build my body!
Don't blubber like a girl!
Fight! Fight!
We won't recruit just sitting here. They will
They will come.
No way.
It's my 8th year here.
It took me years to get in.
I've always loved sumo.
But I was always too small.
All through school.
Then I happened to see
a uni tournament.
Mr. Anayama recruited me.
Some were quite small.
Anayama himself was a grand champion.
I knew it was last chance.
I've stayed to keep the club
from folding.
People laugh at sumo today.
We needn't grovel to recruit
that type.
Gimme a break.
We need someone.
We've wasted three days.
I don't care.
I was looking forward to
not entering the tournament
but to graduate, I have to.
Leave it to me.
Just because he's fat doesn't make
him suitable.
You may be right.
Sorry to scare you. I have a request.
Will you save our sumo club?
Please enter the tournament.
Or our historical sumo club
will forever be lost.
Please, it's just for one day.
You'll only have to appear.
Lower yourself.
You're crushing 'em.
Forbearance, boy.
Can't it wait till the tournament?
You play the game, you wear the sash.
How's that?
Where's the toilet?
Through that door.
What changed your mind?
You said ''Maybe he's got it.''
He has a natural grace.
Sumo wrestlers walk differently
to other people.
The left arm moves with the left leg
and vice versa.
How do I manage?
Poke it out the side.
I think he's a special case.
I've seen it before
it's just from being uncoordinated.
In here.
I've recruited a new member.
Haruo!
My brother!
It's such a common name
I didn't connect.
You're joining the club?
What about wrestling?
I quit in disgust.
Sumo has class
and a certain discipline.
And a cool jockstrap.
You're such an idiot.
It's a mawashi, not a jockstrap.
Sumo is very popular with
those cool new stars.
That's big league stuff.
What's cool about skinny guys
in jockstraps?
Mawashi.
What about you?
He gets credits.
I could have guessed.
Can you give him a jockstrap?
Mawashi.
I pissed on my jockstrap.
It's a damned mawashi!
70th East Japan University
Sumo Tournament
It's our first appearance
in three years.
Just appearing stops us closing down.
I know you have no experience.
But your opponents are not
that much better.
So don't over-do it.
Or you may injure yourselves.
Hey, Anayama!
I heard you entered, so I brought
some of the old boys.
Even Mr. Min
You scared me!
We'll treat you all to a feast after.
At a sumo restaurant.
Let's make it a victory celebration!
Stiff with fear, already?
Hokuto University to the east.
Kyoritsu University to the west.
Drop those towels!
They're the champions.
Give 'em hell, Kyoritsu!
Bow!
Tanaka, you show 'em!
Relax, relax.
Bow.
Time's up.
Get ready.
Are you okay?
From the east, Motohashi.
From the west, Yamamoto.
Time's up.
Get ready.
He went out!
Get some specs, judge!
Don't you know the rules?
He was off the ground!
In that case he's allowed
to step out first.
And it's referee, not judge!
East wins.
From the east, Sugimoto.
From the west, Yamamoto.
Take it off.
On your ear.
No earrings allowed?
Take it off!
Damn fruit.
Bow.
Time's up.
Get ready!
East wins.
Beginners shouldn't throw ritual salt.
East wins with a slap-down.
Sugimoto wins!
Your head was too low.
From the east, Kurataka.
From the west, Aoki.
It's enough to make you laugh.
You're on.
Bow.
Give him hell, Aoki!
Ouch!
Bow.
Win by pull-down!
Kurataka wins for the east!
No problem, they're the top team.
It's just beginning.
You forgot to bow!
Time out!
Cheat!
Honjitsu Medical University
on the east.
Kyoritsu University on the west.
Let's get at least one win.
How shameful to lose to these guys.
Bow.
From the east, Tadokoro.
From the west, Tanaka.
Win, boy!
A win!
A win!
Bow!
Assume position!
Ready
A win!
From the east, Nonaka.
From the west, Aoki.
Fight to the death!
Bow.
Assume position!
Not that again.
Tension gives him diarrhea!
East wins by default!
Bow!
You're an insult to
the noble sport of sumo!
If you disgrace it again
we'll kill you!
Don't over-grind your sesame,
let's eat.
Is your stomach better, Aoki?
The old boys are treating us,
so eat and drink your fill.
You did your best today.
You couldn't help losing.
You did well considering you
hardly trained.
You have my heartfelt thanks.
Cheer up Aoki,
everyone did their best.
I'm proud of you.
I've never been so ashamed.
Shut down the club.
You call that sumo?
It's an insult to sumo!
Is it so important to keep the club
going that you
get down on your knees
to praise these creeps?
How dare you call these slack, wimps
the Kyoritsu University team!
Just what have you been doing?
You're the ones
who insist the club keeps going!
Have you considered
how it has pained him
to beg for members?
Wasn't it all to satisfy you old boys?
Miss Kawamura.
Professor, leave this to me.
Our students don't want to do sumo.
How dare you!
Shut-up!
Boys today are
only interested in girls.
That's all!
They're not interested in sumo.
At least they came today.
They did their best for the club.
You should be thanking them!
There's a limit!
This team is woeful!
Best put them out of their misery!
I want you apologize.
Ask their forgiveness.
They did their best for the club.
Apologize.
How conceited!
Just because you were once a champion.
Is that anyway to treat your senior?
I should apologize to these fairies?
If they'd win, I'd be pleased to!
I'd get down on my knees.
I'd donate my asshole!
I mean you, Aoki!
You're like a damn fruit!
You've never won a bout.
Four years
and you've never even come close!
Yet you profess to love sumo.
You want a win! We'll give you a win!
Should have kept my mouth shut.
I had my chance, why am I back again?
You know why we're so weak?
No.
We lost our sports scholarships.
So that's why?
Those guys yesterday
were on scholarships?
Heard the story about Mister?
The baseball player?
In English class once
he read the word ''the''
as ''t-he.''
He just spelt it out.
I heard differently.
He saw a guy reading.
''That's great having the
translation there. What's the title?
Turns out it was an
English-Japanese dictionary!
Right,
good sportsmen get into university.
We've nothing to be ashamed of.
The TV crew are ready to shoot.
I'm from Station News.
Do you know where the sumo club is?
Yes, but it's quite far.
We finally found someone!
The 96th student we asked knows
the sumo club!
Where is it?
Turn right up past that hall there
go straight and it's on the left.
Look! Here comes the sumo club!
It is them!
It's surely the sumo club.
To revive the traditions
of their sumo club
four young men are determined to win.
Are you confident?
We must for the university
and our honor.
Did you see them on TV?
You've done well.
With all the publicity they're
obliged to keep going.
It just may keep them for a while.
How did you contact the TV people?
Remember what my master's thesis is?
Refresh my memory.
Information manipulation
in mass communications.
Using our boys as a case study?
It's discrimination.
Where are our cheer girls?
I saw you on TV.
The answer is no.
I haven't asked yet.
Isn't that why you're here?
Well, yes.
When's the tournament?
In three months.
Just for 3 months?
You'll join?
Not me.
I don't wanna flash my ass.
There's a rugby player from Oxford
he's attending
our economic department.
Try the ''traditional Japanese culture''
approach.
He's bound to bite.
Sumo may well be your national game.
But it's not a sport.
It's just a show.
Unnaturally fattening men up.
Making a show of naked,
fat men fighting.
They're not naked.
They wear a mawashi sash.
OK, if sumo is a sport
they can wear pants under the mawashi.
But no-one does.
Why wear pants?
I don't want to show
my bottom to strangers
and I don't want to see
strangers' bottoms.
Perhaps the mawashi is needed
for the techniques.
But a naked bum is not.
The top-knot, too.
In sports it's not what you wear.
But that's part of
the ancient tradition...
Oh, tradition. I understand.
Japanese always say that.
It's tradition- it can't be changed.
You Japanese
never delve to the essence.
I've nothing against sumo.
But I will not appear naked in public.
You have nudist camps in Europe.
You Japanese miss the point!
Nudism is not
for displaying nakedness,
it's for private relaxation.
Foreign toilets are always open,
I hear.
In a toilet there's a need to undress.
It's nothing shameful.
It's a matter of necessity.
High-leg pants?
That's beauty, isn't it?
It's a matter of taste.
I have a pretty bum.
We're wasting our time.
One last question.
Why close the curtains in the daytime?
Japan is so expensive.
I haven't paid my rent for 6 months.
If the landlord knows
I'm here he'll come for it.
The sumo club has a dormitory.
It's rent-free with food, too.
Can I wear pants?
And only two hours practice?
Let's make a contract.
He's insulting sumo.
We need him to win.
Even in pants?
It's a matter of customs.
It won't last long.
It will.
And we're slapping
his face with money.
Like caricature Japanese
We have to win.
I want you all in the dormitory.
He's very strong.
Stronger than the others.
Poor Haruo!
Cheer up, Haruo!
Beat the foreigner!
Nasty brute!
How sweet!
What's all that?
They saw the TV show.
Haruo is something of an idol.
Mass-media merchandise, is he?
Both he
and Shuhei have a real following.
Take a break.
I think I see your strong points.
You all need strengthening.
How was your first time, Smiley?
Power inevitably wins.
It's too simple to enjoy.
I'm number one.
I don't need to practice.
We're not finished yet.
Two hours is up.
Let's follow the contract.
What is that thing?
Our house god.
House god?
An altar for offerings.
But isn't this a Christian university?
You Japanese never delve to
the essence of the matter.
Power inevitably wins?
That's not always the case in sumo,
is it?
You're right. I always thought so.
Do some basic movements practice.
Keep at it.
Thank you, sir.
I want to join the club.
I'll do anything.
I'll cook, wash or clean.
Make me a manager.
I can even live in.
A manager built like a champ
and foreigner under contract.
We've hit rock bottom.
You always have been.
What's that?
She fancies Haruo.
Don't say that!
What are you doing.
I'm going to wash them.
You mustn't. They never get washed.
You're kidding!
I'm serious.
Whose was mine?
I don't know.
Sorry, I didn't know.
They never get washed.
Not even once?
How disgusting.
40 days have passed
since the sumo revival began.
Including the Englishman, Smiley
there are now 5 in the club.
Haruo, is training arduous?
Yes, but I've adjusted.
Now we're all totally absorbed.
What's with the colored sandbags?
We use them to shove against.
We all have our own color
and have pledged to wear
a hole in them.
Why don't you coach them?
It's best to let them
train themselves.
Don't you want to win the tournament?
They couldn't take the training
that would demand.
I'm happy just
to see them participate.
You really mean that?
I'm pleased you're giving
your support.
But truthfully, they haven't a chance.
Not one of them
a real passion for sumo.
They can't learn with that attitude.
Is it better to have such
a dismal club than none at all?
If you won't get involved
why not close it down?
Myself, I'd miss it.
American Cheergirls Strip-show.
You went?
How long...?
Awhile.
You love Natsuko, don't you?
What?
Forget it.
Unlike you I'm totally beat.
I'm so tired I'd like to quit sumo.
What's this?
We don't have an air-conditioner.
Is Tanaka asleep?
He's exhausted.
Almost dead.
And Smiley?
He's studying.
Foreigners are made
of different stuff.
Studying contracts, eh?
And Shuhei?
I thought he may have been here.
He's not.
Maybe he's hit his limit.
Limit?
Sexual deprivation.
Who's the lucky girl?
He has many?
Sure.
If he breaks curfew
he'll get punished.
Sounds like fun.
You're a nasty boy.
Do you hate sumo?
Why do you care so much about sumo?
He's so lonely.
Who is?
Mr. Anayama.
Don't misunderstand
he really loves sumo.
But you guys don't care at all, so he
has no wish to instruct you
I want to see real sumo.
Maybe it's selfish
but I want you to be serious.
It is selfish.
Try it yourself.
Sorry, but sumo is the pits.
It's gotta be.
Scuba-diving in Okinawa!
The summer sun at pool side
Great!
What happened?
He broke curfew.
Three hundred.
Three hundred ring stamps.
Three hundred!
Enough. You'll kill him.
Tomorrow we leave for summer camp.
Should be Hawaii.
But we can't afford it
so it's my hometown.
Reef... diving.
Muff diving?
They can laugh now.
Did you hear about Prof's
last summer camp?
How should I?
We were about to be demoted.
He took three members with him.
Only he came back.
The others couldn't take it
and ran away.
They even quit school.
With no members we were demoted
to third division.
And have remained there since.
I've prepared chilled melon.
Excuse the intrusion.
This is ''Hell-Camp?''
We've done nothing since arriving.
Eating and sleeping,
we'll end up like fat pigs.
Shall we train?
Anayama says not to.
I'm not cut out for sumo.
You like sumo?
Not really...
So why stay?
Admittedly I roped you in.
It's the first time
I've ever been roped.
All through school no-one
ever cared about me.
I've never been in a club.
I thought I'd never make friends.
It was the first time anyone
ever asked me for anything.
It made me really happy.
Maybe sumo is not for me,
but God gave me this final chance.
Are you a Christian?
Now we shall begin
your image training.
Fill your mind with your
most pleasurable experience.
When was it?
Ten days ago.
Where was it?
The Yoshiwara American Cheergirls.
How was it pleasurable?
How can I say...?
I'm flattered but, I can't.
You have a boyfriend?
No.
I'm not really interested in love.
I may be mistaken,
but are you doing sumo for me?
Will you quit the club?
Can we beat them in a month?
What's all this?
Get with it!
It's not our choice
to lay around like this.
It's the coach
he insists we take it easy.
Maybe he thinks it's pointless
to train you.
Get up, Haruo.
Lunch, boys. Masako's special feast.
Where's Tanaka?
He snuck earlier.
I don't want to be a burden.
I need to train.
Remember once I said
power doesn't always win in sumo.
But bulk is a definite factor.
A kilo in weight
is a kilo in strength.
That's sumo.
I know you all didn't want to get fat.
So I brought you here.
It's cool, with clean air
all you can possibly eat
and no training.
You'll soon put on 5-6 kg.
Earlier you were over-training.
Relax and build your strength.
It's not good to over-train.
Everyone's depressed to see
Hokuto guys training.
The training in Tokyo seems wasted.
We were just getting confident.
I want to be strong.
You're like dead fish!
No more food here for you boys.
It was delicious.
You're all out of condition.
You need competition?
The Hokuto team are here.
Are you kidding?
No, I'm not.
You've built your strength up.
Now get confident.
You're enthusiastic.
It doesn't become you.
Shut up.
I'm frightened.
You're keen.
Here they come.
Hokuto refused my offer.
They don't like your attitude.
So I asked the local schoolboy's club.
Damn Hokuto!
Train with the kids.
This is pathetic.
Regard us with favor!
Shall we start with Smiley?
Come together!
Magic.
It wasn't magic.
When you pushed,
you put the strain on your legs.
You lifted your leg.
And he used his right hand
on your left leg
and your momentum to flip you over.
What was that technique?
Inside leg-trip.
Power doesn't always win in sumo.
Remember that, Smiley.
As Jean Cocteau said
The balance in sumo is miraculous.
In sumo upsetting
your opponents balance is all.
Right, Tanaka.
Shuhei.
Damn it!
Aoki.
Yoshiwara American Cheergirls.
Even kids frighten him.
Haruo.
A win!
Once more!
What's with him?
I'm sorry.
Are you alright?
He's crazy!
Haruo, come here.
Your spirit is admirable.
But your power
doesn't match your spirit.
Do as I tell you.
I did it.
The Tricky Cat.
Startle him with a sharp clap.
They always flinch.
Even a grand champion lost when
someone used it on him.
What was that?
Special technique.
He combined it with a head attack.
That's my speciality.
Along with my fabled inside leg-trip.
Don't lift your legs.
Remember the basics and you'll win.
Don't go easy because they're kids.
You're scared of boys?
Take these off and you won't be.
Close your eyes.
Grab his sash!
Lower your head.
Don't try to throw him.
You'll lose your balance.
He did it! He did it!
Look at the kid-killer champs
gloating.
They could win
the little boy's league.
They're just bullies.
This is a ''comeback?''
Give sumo some honor!
What the hell!
Stop it - please!
Don't insult sumo!
One month to the tournament.
Your hell begins today.
But don't be afraid.
You have the will to win.
Together we'll restore
the honor of Kyoritsu sumo.
When pushed - push! Pulled - push!
Sumo is all pushing.
Don't lift your legs!
Slide!
Don't look away.
Close your eyes instead.
East Japan Student's Sumo Tournament
What's with the mawashi?
A present from the TV station.
But say they're from the old boys.
Sorry about the flashy mawashi.
Any color is allowable.
Whose idea?
Skinny. The director.
Oh, him.
What's with the mawashi?
Shame upon shame.
Hello everyone.
A pretty little bum.
There's no problem with
the colored mawashi.
But Smiley, the tights have to go.
No exceptions for foreign customs.
Would you mind?
I can't do it.
Why not?
From the east
Honjitsu Medical University.
From the west, Kyoritsu University.
If they beat you, you're finished.
Let's go!
When summer comes to the ringside
The sun shines on all within
Ain't it great!
Kyoritsu, Kyoritsu, Kyoritsu, boys!
So dandy, so dashing in
their colorful jockstraps
Victory to Kyoritsu!
What's that?
It's spelt wrong.
Can't you even spell?
It's a mistake!
No, it's a joke!
Kids today haven't got a clue.
From the east, Tadokoro.
From the west, Yamamoto.
Go, go, Haruo!
Why is Haruo first up?
He's enthusiastic.
I don't know why
but lately he's been very agitated.
West wins!
A win by leg-sweep.
Yamamoto of the west by a leg-sweep.
Do it, Tanaka!
Do your best!
Go, go, Tanaka!
A win!
He stepped out!
Step out!
A win to the west.
Unintentional step-out.
That's great.
Close your eyes if you're afraid.
Attack with your head.
Just try it.
From the east, Ashitsuka.
From the west, Smiley.
East wins.
East wins by default.
From the east, Nonaka.
From the west, Aoki.
Brace up, Aoki!
Relax, Aoki!
I hope he'll be alright.
The pressure is off him now.
Go, go, Aoki!
Shut-up!
Yoshiwara American Cheergirl.
A win!
From the east, Hashi.
From the west, Yamamoto.
Is Shuhei team captain?
Yes, he's got the spirit.
A win!
We won!
A great win!
Kyoritsu's first win!
It's getting interesting.
East wins by default.
Bow. East wins by default.
One more round and we win.
We can do it.
Remember your training.
Be confident.
You can win it today.
On the east, Hokuto Gakuin University.
On the west, Kyoritsu University.
Bow.
From the east, Motohashi.
From the west, Yamamoto.
He's broken it!
Fight on!
A win!
East wins.
From the east, Akitayama.
From the west, Tanaka.
Don't be afraid!
There goes the title.
East wins.
From the east, Imai.
From the west, Smiley.
Bow.
East wi...
I'll fight.
Bow.
A win!
West wins.
From the east, Sugimoto.
From the east, Aoki.
Go Aoki!
Just relax!
We were so close.
Not the shits again!
A win!
He did it!
His first win!
Aoki did it!
Bow!
West wins.
Collapse in mid-fight.
Hopeless till the very end!
From the east, Kurataka.
From the west, Yamamoto.
Finish them off!
Go back!
Calm down!
A tactic?
Fortitude!
Perseverance!
Persevere!
He won!
West wins.
We won?
Did we?
So what!
The 40th, East Japan
Student's Sumo Tournament
Third division has been won by the
Kyoritsu University Sumo Club!
How's Haruo?
The break is not so bad
but he's very upset.
They'll keep him in overnight.
So there goes tomorrow's contest.
Tomorrow?
Divisional promotion bouts.
Winners of the 3rd Division
get a chance to
advance to the 2nd Division.
Yes, that's right.
I'll refuse the offer.
Shuhei sprained his ankle.
Haruo's arm is broken.
They'll field 7 men.
Three is not a majority.
Impossible to win.
I'll  fight!
You can't, you're a woman.
I want revenge for Haruo.
But women aren't even allowed
in the ring.
It's not even funny.
I can enter.
I'm not kidding, I'm serious!
Alongside you all.
In place of Haruo!
Please, let me.
Alright.
She'll have to go naked.
So what? She's a club member, too.
I'll join in, too.
You don't mind?
Good, that makes six.
It may bring shame on you
but humor us.
You're the coach. It's your decision.
Are you serious?
If they know you're a woman,
you'll be barred.
You'll be naked except for a sash.
I'll fight.
win, win! Daitoa will win!
If we fall to 3rd Division
we'll never get back up!
They're on a run.
Don't let them fool you.
If you let these wimps beat ya,
I'll kill ya!
Fight to the death!
What's wrong?
Where's Masako?
She was gone this morning.
And Kawamura?
Same thing.
From the east, Nogami.
From the west, Mamiya.
Bow.
Masako ! (female name)
I'm so sorry.
Masao ! (male name)
Masao !
We won't fail!
From the east, Kitahara.
From the west, Smiley.
Damnit!
From the east, Higashiyama.
From the west, Tanaka.
Stop that!
Freedom of religion!
Belly him out!
A win!
God, oh god, I won.
You won! All by yourself!
Leave the rest to me.
A win!
He did an inside leg trip!
Diarrhea or not, a win's a win!
Show some spirit!
He's strong.
Far stronger than you.
So that's your opening.
He expects to win.
He'll try for a slap-down.
He won't want to get in close.
Hang on to him and don't let go.
I didn't want to lecture you.
But you have a real chance.
Under no circumstances
let go of his sash.
Anyway, I'm satisfied
to have come this far.
The thing is, will you be satisfied?
From the east, Nakada.
From the west, Yamamoto.
Do your best.
Bow.
The players are pink giants.
As unique as the frescoes
from a famous cathedral
They come together in equilibrium,
their legs intertwined
their fingers grasping
each other's sash.
And the fringe standing erect.
Muscles flexing.
Legs rooted to the earth.
Blood coursing through their veins.
And the ring is all a pastel of pink.
A win!
Thank you, Smiley.
I'll be back in two years.
Thanks for the Japanese spirit.
You're wrong, Smiley.
It's one for all and all for one.
I'll see you two in London.
Masako's dad is in London.
She's going there soon.
She asked me to go, too.
I've always wanted to study abroad.
Masako Mamiya.
Farewell, Aoki.
Let's toast.
Good work, Aoki.
By the way,
Tanaka will turn professional.
I made the introduction.
We're sorry to lose him for next year.
In the last fight God spoke to me.
This is only way for you.
Your cheers made me so happy.
I'm so glad I started sumo.
''Tomio Aoki.''
May I ask a question?
Did you really ask to fight Hokuto
at summer training?
I just wondered.
Maybe you planned
those kids all along.
I didn't plan the all-out brawl.
I knew it!
I thought Haruo
and Tanaka would stay on.
Next year we start from zero again.
''Shuhei Yamamoto.''
What are you doing?
I'm considering staying another year.
I don't want the club to finish.
And your job?
No more easy roads for me.
Will you teach me stamping?
Finally I get to stamp my feet.
