The Foul King
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| Hangul | |
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| Revised Romanization | Banchikwang |
| McCune–Reischauer | Panch‘ikwang |
| Directed by | Kim Jee-woon |
| Produced by | Lee Mi-yeon |
| Written by | Kim Jee-woon |
| Starring | Song Kang-ho |
| Distributed by | Mirovision |
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112 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Budget | $1,600,000 |
The Foul King (Hangul: 반칙왕; RR: Banchikwang) is a 2000 South Korean comedy-drama 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.
Im Dae-ho (Song Kang-ho) has been a huge fan of professional wrestling since his childhood. In South Korea, a wrestler called Kim Il was a big star in the 1970s, but Dae-ho preferred a cheating fighter called Ultra Tiger Mask. Years later, when his job at a bank isn't going well, Dae-ho decides to try professional wrestling himself.
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