My Dad Is a Heel Wrestler
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Takashi Omura (Hiroshi Tanahashi) was once a popular professional wrestler, but he isn't popular anymore. He now wears a cockroach mask and wrestles as a villain. He is married to Shiori (Yoshino Kimura) and they have an elementary school aged son named Shota (Kokoro Terada). Takashi and Shiori have not yet told their son what Takashi does for a living. One day, Shota finds out that Takashi is a professional wrestler and a villain with a cockroach mask. Shota is shocked and tells a lie to his classmate that his dad is a popular professional wrestler.
Status: Released
Released Date: 2018-09-21
Runtime: 110 mins
Director: Kyohei Fujimura
Writer: Masahiro Itabashi, Hisanori Yoshida, Kyohei Fujimura
Spoken language: 日本語
Genres: Family, Drama
Original title: My Dad Is a Heel Wrestler
Production Companies: Bridgehead, Pipeline, AMUSE, Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures, TV Asahi, New Japan Pro-Wrestling, Bushiroad
Production Countries: Japan
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