- The Foul King
Infobox Korean film
name = The Foul King
caption = Theatrical poster
director =Kim Ji-woon
producer =Lee Mi-yeon
writer =Kim Ji-woon
starring =Song Kang-ho
music =
cinematography =
editing =
distributor =Mirovision
released =February 4 ,2000 (South Korea )
runtime = 112 min.
language = Korean
budget = $1,600,000 US
imdb_id = 0261552"The Foul King" (반칙왕, "Banchikwang") is a 2000
South Korea ncomedy film written and directed byKim Ji-woon . It was Kim's second feature-length film after "The Quiet Family ". Like the director's debut film, "The Foul King " also starsSong Kang-ho , this time as an incompetent bank clerk who takes up a career inprofessional wrestling , adopting the moniker The Foul King in the ring.Plot
Basically, the main actor is a nonprofessional wrestler but just huge fan of
wrestling since his childhoods. In South Korea, one wrestler called Kim il was a big star as an athlete in the 1970s. Strangely, however, the young hero preferred to follow a fouling man called Ultra Tiger Mask, a dirty wrestler who wore a tiger mask. After ten years or more, the story comes upon him. [http://movie.empas.com/movies/movie.tsp?mid=266 Translated. Retrieved on 02/17/2008]Cast
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Song Kang-ho
*Jang Jin-young
*Park Sang Myeon
*Kim Suro
*Jang Hang seon [http://movie.empas.com/movies/cast.tsp?mid=266 Translated. Retrieved on 02/17/2008]References
External links
*imdb title|0261552
* [http://www.koreanfilm.org/kfilm00.html#foul Darcy Paquet's review at koreanfilm.org]
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