The Foul King
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Profile
- Movie: The Foul King
- Revised romanization: Banchikwang
- Hangul: 반칙왕
- Director: Kim Jee-Woon
- Writer: Kim Jee-Woon, Kim Dae-Woo
- Producer: Oh Jeong-Wan, Lee Mi-Yeon, Jo Jin-A
- Cinematographer Hong Kyeong-Pyo
- Release Date: January 29, 2000
- Runtime: 111 Min.
- Language: Korean
- Country: South Korea
Plot
Lim Dae-Ho (Song Kang-Ho) works as a bank teller while suffering through the grind of his miserable 9 to 5 existence. He is constantly bullied at work by his boss (Song Young-Chang). Then one day, Dae-Ho walks past a modest gym. The gym is for minor league professional wrestlers hoping to one day break into the big leagues. Dae-Ho thinks back to his childhood days and his love for professional wrestling and in particular his love for the wrestler Ultra Tiger Mask. Dae-Ho then decides to try out for wrestling.
Although he's not talented enough to ever become a top wrestler, Dae-Ho trains diligently at night. Eventually he is turned into the villain known as "The Foul King" ...
Notes
- "The Foul King" was the top domestic film in Korea for 2000. The film sold 817,000 tickets in the Seoul region.
Cast
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| Song Kang-Ho | Jang Jin-Young | Park Sang-Myeon | Jang Hang-Seon |
| Lim Dae-Ho | Jang Min-Young | Tae Baek-San | Jang Kwon-Jang |
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| Jeong Woong-In | Kim Su-Ro | Song Young-Chang | Kim Ka-Yeon |
| Du-Sik | Yu Bee-ho | Assistant Manager | Ms. Jo |
Additional Cast Members:
- Shin Goo - Dae-Ho's father
- Jung Doo-Hong - Referee
- Lee Won-Jong - Oh Dae-San
- Lee Gi-Yeong - Sang-Pil
- Myeong Gye-Nam - Dal-Chi
- Ji Dae-Han - Park Du-San
- Park Ji-Il - Lee Kye-Jang
- Yang So-Min - Ms. Lee
- Park Seong-Woong - Vision wrestler
- Kim Seung-Wook - Park Dae-Ri
- Han Seong-Sik - ring announcer
- Kim Yang-Woo - wrestler
- Shin Ha-Kyun
- Ko Ho-Kyeong
- Ahn Jae-Hong
- Yoon Mi-Kyung - bank employee 2
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ButterflyJoe Says:
May 05 2010 10:49 pm
Song Kang-Ho is one of my favorite actors and he does an amazing job playing a rookie wrestler, the last match was really awesome, all in all the whole movie is great. RIP Jang Jin-Young.