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It is a Korean boy who went to Japan and started to learn Karate from his brother.It is a Korean boy who went to Japan and started to learn Karate from his brother.It is a Korean boy who went to Japan and started to learn Karate from his brother.
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- 2 nominations
Yang Dong-kun
- Choi Bae-dal
- (as Dong-kun Yang)
Choi Ji-woong
- Yakuza Boss
- (as Ji-woong Choi)
Kim Won-shik
- Boy
- (as Won-sik Kim)
Heo Myeong Haeng
- Judo Gosu
- (as Myeong-haeng Heo)
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- TriviaThis movie is based on the true life story of Choi Yeong-eui (who later changed his name to Masutatsu Oyama), the founder of Kyokushin Karate. Choi was born in South Korea in 1923, immigrated to Japan in 1938, and founded the Kyokushin Karate organization in 1953. Currently, Kyokushin Karate is practiced by more than 12 million practitioners in over 120 countries around the world.
- ConnectionsFeatured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Underrated Martial Arts Movies (2017)
- SoundtracksIllusive Consensus
Lyrics by Simone Simons
Music by Mark Jansen, Ad Sluijter, Coen Janssen Simone Simons
Performed by Epica
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Brilliant!
I believe that this is one of the best movies to come out Korea in along time. It has got heart and soul and you can see that the director and the cast really care about bringing to life this story of one of the greatest martial artist in history. However despite how much I enjoyed this film there were a few flaws.
First some emotional parts in the story moves to fast and there are scenes f Korean and Japanese customs (such as shaving his eyebrows) that we don't understand and we are not given an explanation to. Another thing is that some moments of this movie are incredibly exxagerated and some are just made up for the movie. I don't understand why they did this since Oyama Mas had an amazing life without all the made up scenes.
Last is the action, I hear that most people didn't like the action because the fight scenes were short and brutal. However because I do martial arts and know a lot about Oyama Mas I believe that this was the right way for the movie. This is because Oyama never did any soft kungfu which you see in most movies these days, He did hard taekwondo and later created kyokushin karate and he always tried to finch his opponent with one punch. combat is not a dance where you can predict each other movements.
First some emotional parts in the story moves to fast and there are scenes f Korean and Japanese customs (such as shaving his eyebrows) that we don't understand and we are not given an explanation to. Another thing is that some moments of this movie are incredibly exxagerated and some are just made up for the movie. I don't understand why they did this since Oyama Mas had an amazing life without all the made up scenes.
Last is the action, I hear that most people didn't like the action because the fight scenes were short and brutal. However because I do martial arts and know a lot about Oyama Mas I believe that this was the right way for the movie. This is because Oyama never did any soft kungfu which you see in most movies these days, He did hard taekwondo and later created kyokushin karate and he always tried to finch his opponent with one punch. combat is not a dance where you can predict each other movements.
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- Oct 22, 2005
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- Also known as
- Baramui Fighter
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- Budget
- $6,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $1,518
- Runtime2 hours
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- 1.85 : 1
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