The Foul King
South Korea / 2000 / 111 min
In Korean with English subtitles
Forum, Berlin International Film Festival
Audience Award, Udine Far East Film Festival
Locarno Film Festival

If Shall We Dance? meets Nacho Libre, you’d get The Foul King. Reuniting with his The Quiet Family star Song Kang-ho, Kim Jee-woon’s second feature film is a wildly funny story of a bored banker who rediscovers spark in his life when he takes up wrestling and becomes “The Foul King”, a villain who shows no mercy in the ring. The film solidified Kim as one of the most successful filmmakers of the Korean New Wave and remains one of Song’s favourite films in his filmography.

DIR:
Kim Jee-woon
CAST:
Song Kang-ho, Jang Jin-young,Park Sang-myun
TIME & VENUE
29/10 3:20PM PREMIERE ELEMENTS
06/11 7:40PM MOViE MOViE Cityplaza
15/11 9:45PM Broadway Cinematheque
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