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'Sumo' updates the sports drama with a hefty display of athleticism (Off Broadway review) by Thom Geier

There is much to admire in Lisa Sanaye Dring's Sumo, a deep dive into Japan's national sport by way of a conventional Karate Kid-style framework. We follow an orphaned teenage apprentice named Akio (Scott Keiji Takeda), who's landed in a Tokyo facility where a team of sumo wrestlers sequester themselves from the outside world " […]

SOURCE: Culture Sauce at 10:00PM on March 5, 2025

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