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While watching Calamari Wrestler, I couldn't help but think about a strange wrestling promotion in Japan called Dramatic Dream Team, or DDT. Many of the matches they put on seem to be comedy matches that poke fun at American pro-wrestling. There are wrestlers that perform, but there are also inanimate objects that are contestants in matches as well. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dramatic_Dream_Team http://www.ddtpro.com/ At one point a folding ladder was awarded the championship belt when it fell across the champion and a pin was counted. Anyway, seeing a rubber squid wrestling made me think of this. Here's a couple matches to show you the fun. One of the wrestlers in this bout is an inflatable love doll... and it looks a lot like Undertaker from WWE! And this one was really funny to be when I saw it the first time. One of the wrestlers here is INVISIBLE!

Original Title : Ika resuraa Year : 2004 Director : Minoru Kawasaki Writer : Minoru Kawasaki , Masakazu Migita IMDb : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0428662/ Genre : Comedy synopsis: By the same director from Crab Goalkeeper and Executive Koala Minoru Kawasaki, this surreal plot revolves around a professional wrestler who, after developing cancer, becomes a giant squid-like creature. While he finds some success in the ring, he craves respect outside it. Well, this review is a long time coming it seems. I haven't gotten off my ass in a week now. I know all of you were held over well with the Rikidozan matches I posted here, yeah? So instead of a tearful visit to an unloved blog, you instead get a tearful blurry match or two from the 1950s. So yay me! So where was I? I'm getting distracted easily lately. Oh, yes, Calamari Wrestler. What an oddball fucking movie this was. But never trying to be something it is not, it came across fairly well. Here we have an obviously rubber suited s...

Original Title : Yeokdosan Year : 2004 Director : Hae-sung Song Writer : Hae-sung Song IMDb : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0435931/ Genre : Drama, Sport Biography synopsis: A chronicle of the life of Korean-born wrestler Rikidozan, who, after being barred from Japanese wrestling because of his ethnic origins, became a sensation in the United States in the 1950s and then the father or pro-wrestling and a national hero in Japan. After my huge intro a couple days ago, I'll bet you were expecting Body Slam or something, yeah? Well, I am using Foul King as a jumping off point into the world of pro-wrestling cinema and diving immediately into another Korean wrestling film, this one a serious drama. Serious dramas like Rikidozan, similarly to The Wrestler from 2008, are few and far between. This is due to the fact probably that pro-wrestling really isn't taken seriously (and probably rightfully so) by most people. Usually a serious wrestling story will be one of the shady underside of...