| The Foul King | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Hangul | 반칙왕 |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Banchikwang |
| McCune–Reischauer | Panch‘ikwang |
| Directed by | Kim Jee-woon |
| Written by | Kim Jee-woon |
| Produced by | Lee Mi-yeon |
| Starring | Song Kang-ho Jang Jin-young |
| Cinematography | Hong Kyung-pyo |
| Distributed by | Mirovision |
Release date |
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Running time | 112 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Budget | US$1.6 million |
The Foul King (Korean: 반칙왕; RR: Banchikwang) is a 2000 South Korean sport comedy-drama film, written and directed by Kim Jee-woon. It was Kim's second feature-length film after The Quiet Family. Like the director's debut film, The Foul King also stars Song Kang-ho, this time as an incompetent bank clerk who takes up a career in professional wrestling, adopting the moniker "The Foul King" in the ring.[1]
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Plot
Im Dae-ho (Song Kang-ho) has been a huge fan of professional wrestling since his childhood. In South Korea, a wrestler called Kim Il was a big star in the 1970s, but Dae-ho preferred a cheating fighter called Ultra Tiger Mask. Years later, when his job at a bank isn't going well, Dae-ho decides to try professional wrestling himself.
Cast
- Song Kang-ho as Im Dae-ho
- Jang Jin-young as Jang Min-young
- Park Sang-myun as Tae Baek-san
- Kim Su-ro as Yoo Bi-ho
- Jang Hang-sun as Jang Gwan-jang
- Jung Woong-in as Choi Du-sik
- Shin Goo as Im Dae-ho's father
References
- ^ "소박한 자아 찾기의 과정" [The process of simple self-seeking]. Cine21 (씨네21) (in Korean). 2000-02-01. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
External links
- The Foul King at IMDb
- The Foul King at the Korean Movie Database
- The Foul King at HanCinema
- Darcy Paquet's review at koreanfilm.org
- The Foul King, a wrestling comedy
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