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Director(s):
PERRIER (David), LEMAIRE (OLIVIER), PERRIER (David)
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Producer(s):
ARTE FRANCE, BONNE PIOCHE
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Territories:
Worldwide.
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Production year:
2015
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Language(s):
German, French
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Rights:
TV, DVD, NON-THEATRICAL, INTERNET, VOD
Sumo wrestlers have a proverb: “Wounds sustained on the dohyô (the ring) are cured on the dohyô”.
Sumo is a sport of self-sacrifice in which, from the very youngest age, wrestlers learn to be master of their own bodies, and to put up with pain. Medicine occupies a highly ambivalent position in their world, and few practitioners manage to earn the wrestlers’ trust. Bernard is given special permission to penetrate daily life in a “heya” (a sumo training stable), where he meets Inui Tomoyuki, a man who has followed an atypical path, and has in-depth knowledge of their environment. He uses his knowledge of Chinese medicine and osteopathy to treat Sumos in a unique way.