Baramui Fighter (2004)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Yun-ho Yang

Writers:

Hak-ki Bang (comic book)
Yun-ho Yang (writer)

Release Date:

6 August 2004 (South Korea)

Genre:

Action | Biography | Drama | History | War

Plot Keywords:

Death | Kick | Korea | Taekkyon | Japanese

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Dong-kun Yang	...	Choi Bae-dal
Aya Hirayama	...	Yoko
Masaya Kato	...	Kato
Tae-woo Jeong	...	Chun-bae
Doo-hong Jung	...	Beom-su
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
David Joseph Anselmo	...	James's friend
Michael Frederick Arnold	...	Military Police
Han-garl Lee	...	Miwa
Seong-min Park	...	Ryoma

Also Known As:

Fighter in the Wind (International: English title)

Runtime:

South Korea:120 min

Country:

South Korea

Language:

Japanese | Korean

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Germany:16 | Malaysia:U | Singapore:PG | South Korea:12 | UK:15

Trivia:

This movie is based on the true life story of Choi Bae-dal (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.

Quotes:

Chun-bae: Justice without power is empty and power without justice in only violence.

Movie Connections:

Version of Kyokuskin kenka karate burai ken (1977)

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i cant believe the comments made about this movie!this has to be Korea's best output in the martial arts genre since musa!!the fights certainly pull no punches you can hear heads and bones crunching!!i suggest you take another look and as you will see this a fine movie!!acting is good,the locations brilliant as the camera takes you around ghetto's to the wondrous scenes in the mountains,the training he puts him self through would make rocky balboa blush!!!the ice climb is excellent,you also get a feel for the period,this guy took no prisoners i can tell you,don't be put off from some reviews see this as a ruff n tumble session of extreme!!the last shot has to be seen to be believed!!!10/10 for a real gem of the martial arts kind!!!