About the film
Sumo East and West is a 2003 American documentary film directed by Ferne Pearlstein, about American participants in the Japanese sport of sumo wrestling. The film had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City in May 2003 and was broadcast nationally as part of PBS's Independent Lens series on June 8, 2004.
From the film's Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA 4.0).