Streaming service Netflix released its latest trailer for ¡°Sanctuary,¡± an upcoming sumo-themed drama, last Saturday.
With a tagline of ¡°Debt, violence, family dysfunction,¡± the two-minute-long preview is an exhausting amps-set-to-11 sprint through a series of sumo vignettes that bear little relation to the reality of Japan¡¯s national sport.
Scenery chewing protagonist Wataru Ichinose heads a cast that includes several former rikishi, in a version of the sport where lower-rankers biting opponents, giving the middle finger to TV cameras in post-bout interviews or openly defying and insulting a yokozuna aren¡¯t immediately dismissed.
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