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SUMO: Spirit Weighs Nothing (2026)
Directed by Erik Shirai
Documentary · 1h 39m
SUMO: Spirit Weighs Nothing grants rare inside access to Japan’s notoriously private world of sumo. Over a turbulent year of sacrifice and survival, wrestlers at different stages of their career fight to endure within one of Japan’s most punishing traditions. Behind the curtain, true strength is measured — not in flesh, but in refining the spirit.
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Erik Shirai
- Original Music Composer
- Rutger Hoedemaekers
- Editor
- Frederick Shanahan
- Producer
- Yusuke Kamata, Sigrid Dyekjær, Teddy Leifer, Sam Stanley, Carolyn Hepburn
Details
- Release date
- 2026-09-03
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- JA
- Spoken languages
- Japanese, Mongolian
- Countries
- Japan, United Kingdom, United States of America, Denmark
- Production
- Real Lava, ESPN Films, Generation Eleven Pictures