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The Foul King

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The Foul King
Theatrical release poster
Hangul
반칙왕
Hanja
Revised RomanizationBanchikwang
McCune–ReischauerPanch‘ikwang
Directed byKim Jee-woon
Written byKim Jee-woon
Produced byLee Mi-yeon
StarringSong Kang-ho
Jang Jin-young
CinematographyHong Kyung-pyo
Distributed byMirovision
Release date
  • February 4, 2000 (2000-02-04)
Running time
112 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
BudgetUS$1.6 million

The Foul King (Korean반칙왕; RRBanchikwang) 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]

Plot

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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

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References

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  1. ^ "소박한 자아 찾기의 과정" [The process of simple self-seeking]. Cine21 (씨네21) (in Korean). 2000-02-01. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
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