Sonny Chiba V-cinema series Astro Baseball Team , based on the '70s Shonen Jump manga アストロ球団.
Fight! The Rikidozan!
J is in a fury, cleaning up the place, telling me to throw away all my copies of men's egg and dusty VHS tapes. Sort of a drag, but in the middle of the ruckus, I managed to reconnect with this lovely "bromide" photo of professional "wrasslah" The Destroyer in his early '60s prime I bought at Marubell-do in Asakusa a while back.
Turns out the former Dick Beyer has put together a pretty amazing website chronicling his tenure as wrestler, author, and recording artist as Masked Gaijin du jour in Japan. Like, remember that time when...
Copies of the Destroyer's book, his Christmas LP, and of course, bobbleheads and replica masks are available at Destroyer.com
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