¡°I can¡¯t do this for 10 years. I want to have a normal job. I want to live in a normal house. I want to eat normal food. I want to live a normal life.¡±
Those were some of the last words spoken by Takuya Ogushi in director Jill Coulon¡¯s powerful and revealing documentary ¡°A Normal Life: Chronicle of a Sumo Wrestler.¡±
Ogushi did manage to stick with it for 10 more years though, and on Monday, under the ring name Kyokutaisei, he was promoted to sumo¡¯s highest division for the first time.
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