SUMO: Spirit Weighs Nothing

Name: SUMO: Spirit Weighs Nothing
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2026-09-03
Duration: 99 min
Cast: Terunofuji Haruo, Hiradoumi Yūki, Yonezawaryu Daiki, Kosei Motomura

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Release Date

9/3/2026

Runtime

99 mins

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Documentary

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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.

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Original Language

Japanese

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An intimate documentary that pulls back the curtain on Japan's ancient sumo world, revealing the emotional and spiritual toll of belonging to one of the world's most demanding physical traditions. It observes wrestlers at pivotal moments with quiet reverence, finding the human fragility beneath enormous frames.