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The Foul King
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox film
| name = The Foul King
| image = The Foul King film poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical poster
| native_name =
| director = Kim Jee-woon
| producer = Lee Mi-yeon
| writer = Kim Jee-woon
| starring = Song Kang-ho
| music =
| cinematography = Hong Kyung-pyo
| editing =
| distributor = Mirovision
| released =
| runtime = 112 minutes
| country = South Korea
| language = Korean
| budget =
}}
'The Foul King' 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.http://www.cine21.com/news/view/mag_id/32284
Plot
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.
Cast
* Song Kang-ho as Im Dae-ho
* Jang Jin-young as Jang Min-young
* Park Sang-myun as Tae Baek-san
* Kim Su-ro as Yoo Bi-ho
* Jang Hang-sun as Jang Gwan-jang
* Jung Woong-in as Choi Du-sik
* Shin Goo as Im Dae-ho's father
References
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