Tu seras sumo
Jill Coulon, AndanaFilms, France, Japan, 2009
The documentary Tu seras sumo (A Normal Life. Chronicle of a Sumo Wrestler) immerses the viewer into the little-known world of sumo wrestlers in Japan. As a child, Takuya Agushi dreamt of being a judoka. At the age of 18, pressured by his family and funded by local sponsors, he joins a sumo training stable. Takuya learns to replicate ancestral practices within modern-day Japan. The selected clips show Takuya in training and the diet he has to follow in order to become a sumo wrestler. To gain weight, he has to eat vast quantities of high-calorie food. To help him get fatter, he has to slump on the floor after his meals.