Un segugio sfortunato di nome Hank si ritrova a vivere in una città piena di gatti. I felini hanno bisogno di un eroe che li difenda dal malvagio piano di uno spietato cattivo, che vuole radere al suolo il loro villaggio. Con l'aiuto di uno scontroso maestro, Hank si addestra diventare il samurai della città e collaborare con gli abitanti del villaggio per salvare la situazione. Ma c’è un unico problema: i gatti odiano i cani!
La piccola Chiyo, a soli 9 anni è costretta a lasciare la famiglia e il povero villaggio di pescatori dove è nata. Venduta ad una scuola per geishe di Kyoto, viene istruita sui riti, le danze, la musica, la cerimonia del tè e l'abbigliamento adatto. Costretta a subire vessazioni e umiliazioni dalle colleghe e soprattutto dalla geisha più importante, Hatsumomo, gelosa della sua bellezza, dopo un tentativo di fuga viene retrocessa a serva. A salvarla ci penserà Mameha, geisha esperta e generosa, rivale di Hatsumomo, che la prende sotto la sua protezione.
Kouichi Uehara è uno studente delle medie che abita a Tokyo. Un giorno, trova un grande sasso che poi si scopre essere il fossile di un giovane "kappa" adormentatosi sottoterra per gli ultimi 300 anni. Kouichi gli da il nome "Coo" e i due diventano ottimi amici. Coo decide di vivere con la famiglia di Kouichi ma non riesce ad adattarsi allo stile di vita di Tokyo e inizia a mancargli la sua famiglia. E così, in un caldo giorno d'estate, Kouichi e Coo decidono di intraprendere un viaggio alla ricerca dei kappa.
Daisy is the love of Ken's life - she is also large... and very pretty... and on the dole. But Ken is a dreamer, all his dreams to make a fast buck ending up where they started - as dreams. With the rent unpaid, the bailiffs at the door and Ken's dreams in tatters, Daisy sets out to bring home the bacon and gets a job in the local factory. There she meets Marlene and half a dozen other large women who are all united in a secret passion - Sumo wrestling! Ken doesn't know what's hit him.
In the wake of the social unrest caused by the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake, two female sumo athletes, Kiku and Tokachi, and an anarchist group called the Guillotine Society, spark an unlikely connection.
Four overweight friends from the Israeli city of Ramle are fed up of dieting and the dieting club they belong to. When Herzl (155 kilos), the main protagonist, loses his job as a cook and starts working as a dishwasher in a Japanese restaurant in Ramle he discovers the world of Sumo where large people such as himself are honored and appreciated. Through Kitano (60 kilos), the restaurant owner, a former Sumo coach in Japan (who is supposedly hiding from the Yakuza in Israel), he falls in love with a sport involving "two fatsos in diapers and girly hairdos". Herzl wants Kitano to be their coach but Kitano is reluctant - they first have to earn their spurs. "A MATTER OF SIZE" is a comedy about a ‘coming out’ of a different kind - overweight people learning to accept themselves.
Three childhood friends Mathukutty, Binoy and Zachariah re-unite in Goa to fight a Casino don who was responsible for the deaths of their fathers.
The diary of Takuya Ogushi, a 18 years old Japanese, who begins his new life as a sumo wrestler.
Ushi Hirosaki has to marry according to Japanese tradition before her 30th birthday. Because time is running out, her family decides she has to marry a huge sumo wrestler. A rather unfortunate combination, so Ushi wants to look for a nicer candidate herself. She travels halfway around the world to find her dream husband. Along the way she does valiant efforts, for example to learn table manners and to lose her Japanese accent.
We follow the epic lives of sumo legends who made it from humble beginnings in Hawaii, to becoming the first foreigners to rise to the highest ranks in sumo. Starting with Takamiyama who paved the path for Konishiki, Akebono, and Musashimaru who soon followed and ignited sumo fandom around the world. As diplomats for the sport and Japanese culture, these 600 pound outsiders share their hero’s journey from a small Hawaiian village, to having God-like adulation from fans across the world.
The fascinating story of Luca Prodan, Italo-Scottish Idol of Argentina's mythical Sumo Rock Band, and innovator of Latin American rock. His past as a pupil in Gordonstoun, Scotland's elitist college. His rebellious adolescence and fatal flirtation with heroin. His London years in the heart of the Punk explosion, and miraculous 're-birth' in dictatorship-ridden Argentina. South America's Ian Curtis... with a twist.
A film about sumo wrestler Wakanohana Kanji I. He was nicknamed "Devil of the dohyo" due to his excellent fighting spirit and endurance.
Manila city. Fernando Suzuki noticed the popularity of sumo in Japan and decided to make a profit by holding sumo classes locally. They are recruiting young people who want to succeed as sumo wrestlers in Japan. Philnando can't stop smiling at the unexpected number of applicants. They immediately start a training camp, but it is difficult to teach sumo to young people who have never tightened a mawashi, let alone how to step on a shiko. As Fernando watched the sweaty young men take a shower, he noticed one of them, Enrico. He immediately called her to his room...
Sumo wrestling is the national sport of Japan dating back over 1500 years. The huge but graceful wrestlers proceed with precision and great formality through the elaborate ceremonies and ornamentation. That doesn't stop crowds from going wild as the two huge wrestlers dressed only in loincloths battle each other.
There is nothing crude about the fight; it proceeds in a series of infinitesimal moves made with as much power as the individual wrestler can summon. When one wrestler's foot is out of the ring, or any part of his body touches the ground, the other has won. A bout rarely lasts even a minute. Japanese schoolboys learn Sumo as their North American peers learn hockey and baseball.