The Foul King

Banchikwang

South Korea

2000

112 Min

Color

1.85:1

Korean

Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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CAST Song Kang-ho, Jin-young Jang, Jang Hang-Seon, Goo Shin, Kim Su-ro, Ho-kyung Go, Woong-in Jeong, Jung Doo-hong, Ka-yeon Kim, Won-jong Lee, Sang-myeon Park, Young-chang Song, Mi-kyeong Yoon

Synopsis

Dae-Ho is the ultimate loser, a lazy, klutzy bank clerk who is the deserving target of his manager’s wrath when he’s late to work every morning. His life changes when the tomboy daughter of a bankrupt gym-owner invites him to create a new villain for the wrestling ring. Playing the Foul King stimulates his imagination and liberates his latent aggression. But will it also transform his day-to-day life? —film.com

Director

Kim Jee-woon

Kim Jee-woon, born July 6, 1964, entered Seoul Institute of the Arts, but left school and worked in the theatre scene. He began his career as a stage actor, then stage director, and finally has become one of the most popular and acclaimed figures among modern Korean directors/screenwriters. His second screenplay, The Quiet Family (1998), won him the Best Screenplay prize in a local contest, and Kim went on to make his directorial debut with this screenplay. The film was invited to many film festivals. Kim’s films, from The Quiet Family (1998) to last year’s A Bittersweet Life, have been hailed by critics and audiences alike for his unique style and storytelling. His second feature, The Foul King (2000), drew more than 2 million spectators, while his astounding horror film of true visual elegance, A Tale of Two Sisters (2003), reached 3.5 million viewers nation-wide. It went on to be remade by Dreamworks in the US. —AsianMediaWiki

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Nathan.

6Sep11

This is great, in typical South Korean fashion it covers a few different genres in one movie. Korean humour can be a bit alienating because of the difference from western culture, but some of it hits home and I laughed quite a lot at one scene in particular.