The Foul King (2000)

Original title

반칙왕

Directed by

Kim Ji-woon

Genre

drama film, comedy film, sport film

Country

South Korea

Runtime

1h 52m

Rated

16

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 94 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A clumsy bank clerk gets fired from his job. He decides to become a professional wrestler, but he is not very good at it. He uses dirty tricks in the ring to win and becomes known as the Foul King.

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What happens

The Foul King (Korean: 반칙왕; RR: Banchigwang) is a 2000 South Korean sports comedy film, written and directed by Kim Jee-woon. It was Kim's second feature-length film after The Quiet Family. Like the director's debut film, The Foul King also stars Song Kang-ho, this time as an incompetent bank clerk who takes up a career in professional wrestling, adopting the moniker "The Foul King" in the ring. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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