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Champion (2002 film)

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{{Infobox film

| name = Champion

| image = Champion (2002 film).jpg

| caption = Theatrical poster

| native_name =

| director = Kwak Kyung-taek

| producer = Jo Weon-jang

| writer = Kwak Kyung-taek

| based_on = Life of Duk Koo Kim

| starring = Yu Oh-seong
Chae Min-seo

| music = Laurent Sauvagnac - Stphane Zidi - Matthieu Gain

| cinematography = Hong Kyung-pyo

| editing = Park Gok-ji

| distributor = Media Suits

| released =

| runtime = 117 minutes

| country = South Korea

| language = Korean

| budget =

| gross = [https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&wk=2002W28&id=_fCHAMPION%282002%2901 "'Champion'"] . Boxofficemojo. Retrieved March 04, 2012.

}}

'Champion' is a 2002 South Korean film directed by Kwak Kyung-taek, about South Korean boxer Duk Koo Kim, portrayed by Yu Oh-seong.

Background



A biopic, 'Champion' details the life of Duk Koo Kim, South Korea's most popular boxer, who, in his rise to international fame, faced the reigning lightweight champion Ray Mancini at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada on November 13, 1982. Kim ultimately lost the match after fourteen rounds, and within minutes, dropped into a coma from which he never recovered. The match changed boxing rules around the world; and affected South Korea especially.

Cast



*Yu Oh-seong - Kim Deuk-gu

*Chae Min-seo - Lee Kyeong-mi

*Yun Seung-won - Kim, Hyeon-ji

*Jung Doo-hong - Lee Sang-bok

*Kim Byeong-seo - Park Jong-pal

*Ji Dae-han - Hwang Jun-seok

*Shin Jung-geun - Kim Yun-gu

*Kim Hyun-sook - bus driver

*Han Dae-gwan - man with evenly parted hair 3

*Matthew Ray Phillips - Ray Boom-Boom Mancini

References




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