Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones aren't the only all-powerful "Men in Black."
Long before the two Hollywood stars suited up, sumo's ringside arbiters were deciding the fates of wrestlers both inside the ring and out.
The five men seated around the ring are all former wrestlers. Two shinpan, as they are known, sit on the back side, one is on the west, one on the east, and the head judge is on the front side.
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