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Beautiful Boxer

  • 2003
  • Unrated
  • 1h 58m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
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Beautiful Boxer (2003)
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Biopic of transgender Muay Thai boxer Parinya Charoenphol who pursued the sport to pay for her gender reassignment surgery.Biopic of transgender Muay Thai boxer Parinya Charoenphol who pursued the sport to pay for her gender reassignment surgery.Biopic of transgender Muay Thai boxer Parinya Charoenphol who pursued the sport to pay for her gender reassignment surgery.

  • Director
    • Ekachai Uekrongtham
  • Writers
    • Ekachai Uekrongtham
    • Desmond Sim
  • Stars
    • Asanee Suwan
    • Sorapong Chatree
    • Orn-Anong Panyawong
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.1/10
    3.3K
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    • Director
      • Ekachai Uekrongtham
    • Writers
      • Ekachai Uekrongtham
      • Desmond Sim
    • Stars
      • Asanee Suwan
      • Sorapong Chatree
      • Orn-Anong Panyawong
    • 41User reviews
    • 47Critic reviews
    • 66Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 6 wins & 7 nominations

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    Asanee Suwan
    Asanee Suwan
    • Nong Toom…
    Sorapong Chatree
    • Pi Chart
    Orn-Anong Panyawong
    • Nong Toom's Mother
    Nukkid Boonthong
    • Nong Toom's Father
    Sitiporn Niyom
    • Nat
    Somsak Tuangmkuda
    • Pi Moo
    • (as Somsak Tuangmuka)
    Kyôko Inoue
    Kyôko Inoue
    • Self (Female Wrestler)
    • (as Kyoko Inoue)
    Keagan Kang
    Keagan Kang
    • Jack (the Reporter)
    Yuka Hyodo
    • Japanese fan
    • (as Hyouda Yuka)
    Tanyabuth Songsakul
    • Tam
    Sarawuth Tangchit
    • Young Toom
    Natee Pongsopol
    • Novice Monk Toom
    Nattama Narkpo
    • Pi Nam
    Chayaporn Tometh
    • Pi Nid
    Panuwath Kongsamuth
    • Jate
    Yingyod Permpoonsap
    • Yai
    Padung Kullapat
    • Traveling Monk
    Nannam Simala
    • Young Tam
    • Director
      • Ekachai Uekrongtham
    • Writers
      • Ekachai Uekrongtham
      • Desmond Sim
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Based on the real life story of Parinya Charoenphol (aka Nong Toom)
    • Quotes

      Jack: But I still don't understand how your parents can be so... accepting... of the fact that you wanna be a girl.

      Nong Toom: They know it's my karma. I did bad thing in past life, so I had to suffer in this life.

      Jack: Where did you learn that from?

      Nong Toom: In the temple, when I was monk.

    • Connections
      Featured in SexTV: Nong Toom/Allyson Mitchell/The Big Bang (2004)
    • Soundtracks
      The Girl I Knew
      music by Bruno Brugnano

      lyrics by Nitipong Hornak

      Performed by Asanee Chotikul

    User reviews41

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    Sensitively handled story of paradoxes...
    Based on the true story of a famous Thai transsexual, Nong Toom, this film is about a championship kick-boxer, who excels in the ultra-macho martial art, purely to raise money to finance his sex-change. While it could have been truly lurid and tasteless, the film has been handled with great seriousness and sympathy, with an excellent performance from a non-actor, real life kick-boxer Asanee Suwan, in the central role. This film brings to mind the similarly sensitively handled "Ma Vie En Rose", the Belgian film from a few years ago. Confused gender identity has been examined in several recent films, but what takes one aback is the testosterone-fueled back-drop against which this story unfolds. The gentle Nong Toom is derided and teased mercilessly for his effeminacy, but it's only when he realizes the one way by he can achieve his female body is via the kick-boxing championship prize money, that he becomes motivated and focused on this unlikely (for him) sport. Thai films are coming of age and the new crop of films and directors do not shy away from uncomfortable issues or controversial topics.
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    • Feb 24, 2005

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 26, 2003 (Thailand)
    • Country of origin
      • Thailand
    • Official sites
      • GMM Pictures (Thailand)
      • Regent Releasing
    • Languages
      • Thai
      • English
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Güzel Boksör
    • Filming locations
      • Bangkok, Thailand
    • Production company
      • GMM Pictures Co.
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $133,920
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $8,713
      • Jan 23, 2005
    • Gross worldwide
      • $638,317
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 58 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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