Like a Virgin
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- Movie: Like a Virgin
- Revised romanization: Cheonhajangsa Madonna
- Hangul: 천하장사 마돈나
- Director: Lee Hae-Jun, Lee Hae-Young
- Writer: Lee Hae-Jun, Lee Hae-Young
- Producer: Seung-jae Cha, Min-hee Kim
- Cinematographer Yong-kyu Jo
- Release Date: August 31, 2006 (South Korea)
- Runtime: 116 min.
- Production Budget: US$ 2.5M
- Studio: SidusFNH
- Distributor: CJ Entertainment
- Language: Korean
- Country: South Korea
Synopsis
Dong-Gu is not your average Madonna fan. Listening to the Material Girl’s second album (and applying a little lipstick) allows the young teenage boy to escape into his imagination, away from his dysfunctional family –- his pathetic alcoholic father, a former boxer, is prone to violence, his older brother is beginning to resemble the old man, and his mother has fled family life to work at a Disney-esque amusement park. Things aren’t much better at school, where he’s bullied for his effeminate tendencies. But once again, fantasy comes to the rescue in the form of a young male teacher who, Dong-Gu imagines, beckons to him during class. But when a wrestling coach discovers the boy’s natural talent, and a potential goldmine in those stocky thighs, Dong-Gu starts training, striving to win a competition for the cash prize that will allow him to realize his ultimate fantasy: becoming a woman.
Cast
- Ryu Deok-Hwan - Oh Dong-Gu
- Baek Yun-Shik - Coach
- Kim Yun-Seok - Oh Dong-Gu's father
- Lee Sang-Ah - Oh Dong-Gu's mother
- Lee Eon - Park Joon-Woo
- Park Young-Seo - Jong-Man
- Yun Won-Seok - big guy 3
- Kim Kyeong-Ik - Jin-Chul
- Tsuyoshi Kusanagi - Japanese Teacher
- Oh Yun-Hong - co. president's wife
- Choi Jeong-Woo - co. president
- Kwak Min-Seok - priest
- Kim Do-Yeon - large female employee
- Moon Se-Yun - big guy 1
- Kim Won-Sik - Oh Dong-Chul
- Kwon Oh-Jin - worker
- Lee Jae-Gu
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- 2010 (1st) Korean Film Festival in Australia - October 1-5, 2010
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Gasenadi Says:
Apr 28 2012 6:12 pm
Enjoyed it. There are some very funny parts, as well as its poignant ones, too. So many issues this family faces! Some I've seen in kdramas and movies, like the aftermath of unemployment. But so far, I've only seen the "trifecta" (gender issues, alcoholism AND domestic violence) in the drama Robbers. I was most impressed by the actor Ryu Deok-Hwan and hope to see his other movies, too.