The Foul King

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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.
'Genre: Comedy / Sports / Wrestling
Distributor: Cinema Service
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



Song Kang-Ho	Jang Jin-Young	Park Sang-Myeon	Jang Hang-Seon
Lim Dae-Ho	Jang Min-Young	Tae Baek-San	Jang Kwon-Jang



Jung Woong-In	Kim Soo-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 Ki-Young - Sang-Pil
Dong Bang-Woo - Dal-Chi
Ji Dae-Han - Park Du-San
Park Ji-Il - Lee Kye-Jang
Yang So-Min - Ms. Lee
Park Sung-Woong - Vision wrestler
Kim Seung-Wook - Park Dae-Ri
Han Sung-Sik - ring announcer
Kim Yang-Woo - wrestler
Ko Ho-Kyeong - troublemaker female high school
Yoon Mi-Kyung - bank employee 2
Shin Ha-Kyun - thug
Ahn Jae-Hong - opponent
Jang Nam-Yeol - construction worker
Lee Myung-Ho - photographer / Japanese inspection group

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King Pup 1722 Jul 29 2023 9:44 am Finally watched this film as it was offered by my streaming service. I can’t say that it’s a fantastic film, I watched it as it’s starring one of my favourite actors Song Kang-Ho - and you know it’s indeed a 2000 release because he was pretty slim back then, lol! He’s put on some weight since then, and he’s of course much more famous today due to his versatility of roles.

It was bittersweet watching the story as it’s the first time I’ve watched any role by the female lead Jang Jin-Young, and I realized she passed away 6 years later in 2006. RIP.

I was amused to watch Song Young-Chang as I’ve always watched him in older roles, usually playing unscrupulous businessman. It’s the first time I’ve seen him in his younger days, showing a bit of muscle under his office attire too!

ButterflyJoe 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.

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