Crying Fist
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- Movie: Crying Fist
- Revised romanization: Jumeogi unda
- Hangul: 주먹이 운다
- Director: Ryoo Seung-Wan
- Writer: Ryoo Seung-Wan
- Producer: Lim Seung-Yong, Park Jae-Hyeong
- Cinematography: Jo Young-Kyu
- Release Date: April 1, 2005
- Runtime: 134 Min.
- Distributor: Show East
- Language: Korean
- Country: South Korea
Plot
Round One: Tae-shik was once a silver medallist in the Asian Games. Gambling debts and a factory fire have consumed everything he ever owned, leaving him no choice but to work as a street boxer in order to make ends meet. All he has left is his wife and son—and his wife demands a divorce. His son Seo-jin, the only light in his life, will go with her. With his back against the wall and nothing left to lose, an amateur-league bout offers the only hope for the battered boxer.
Round Two: Teenager Sang-hwan’s routine of gang fights and muggings is interrupted by a pressing debt. To make the money, he robs a wealthy neighbour—and promptly ends up in a juvenile detention centre. A fight on his first day lands him in solitary confinement. A guard wisely suggests that he direct his violent aggression into boxing, something that gives him, for the first time in his life hope and a sense of direction. But during his sentence, his father dies and his grandmother has a stroke. To overcome his grief, Sang-hwan enters an amateur-league boxing match.
Round Three: The preliminaries for the amateur championship begin, and so too does the inevitable clash of Tae-shik and Sang-hwan. Tae-shik’s old skills gradually return as he beats boxer after boxer, while Sang-hwan knocks out every opponent. The two men finally meet at the final match, and they are equally matched. Tae-shik has no place left to go while Sang-hwan is fighting for someone else for the first time in his life. The fight of a lifetime has begun!
Cast
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| Choi Min-Sik | Ryoo Seung-Bum | Seo Hye-Rin | Lim Won-Hie | Cheon Ho-Jin |
| Gang Tae-shik | Yoo Sang-hwan | Sun-ju (Tae-shik's wife) | Won-tae | Sang-chul |
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| Byun Hee-Bong | Gi Ju-Bong | Na Moon-Hee | Kim Su-Hyeon | Oh Dal-Su | Ahn Kil-Kang |
| Sang-hwan's coach | Sang-hwan's father | Sang-hwan's grandma | Kwon-rok | Yong-dae | Head warden |
Additional Cast Members:
- Kim Byung-Ok - Detective Oh
- Jeong In-Gi - doctor
- Lee Jeong-Heon - warden
- Ko Bon-Woong
- Kim Yeong-In
- Kim Ki-Cheon
- Park Jun-Myeon
- Lee Won
- Kim Sung-Hoon
- Hong Suk-Youn - Mr. Hong
Trailer
Film Festivals
- 2010 (5th) Korean Film Festival In Paris - November 9-November 16 - Feature Films
- 2011 (6th) The London Korean Film Festival - November 4-10, 2011 - Retrospective: Ryoo Seung-Wan
