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Cheonhajangsa madonna

  • 20062006
  • 1h 56m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
370
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Cheonhajangsa madonna (2006)
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  • Comedy
  • Sport
OH Dong-gu believes himself to be female. Although overweight and on the short side, he dreams of becoming perfect some day, and devotes himself to mimicking Madonna's singing and dancing af... Read allOH Dong-gu believes himself to be female. Although overweight and on the short side, he dreams of becoming perfect some day, and devotes himself to mimicking Madonna's singing and dancing after school. To cover the costs of transsexual surgery, he decides to enter a wrestling com... Read allOH Dong-gu believes himself to be female. Although overweight and on the short side, he dreams of becoming perfect some day, and devotes himself to mimicking Madonna's singing and dancing after school. To cover the costs of transsexual surgery, he decides to enter a wrestling competition.
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
370
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  • Directors
    • Lee Hae-jun
    • Hae-Young Lee
  • Writers
    • Lee Hae-jun
    • Hae-Young Lee
  • Stars
    • Yun-shik Baek
    • Sang-Ah Lee
    • Eon Lee
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  • Directors
    • Lee Hae-jun
    • Hae-Young Lee
  • Writers
    • Lee Hae-jun
    • Hae-Young Lee
  • Stars
    • Yun-shik Baek
    • Sang-Ah Lee
    • Eon Lee
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 2User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 10 wins & 3 nominations

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    Main Trailer
    Trailer 2:21
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    Photos7

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    Yun-shik Baek
    Yun-shik Baek
    • Coach
    Sang-Ah Lee
    • Oh Dong-gu's mother
    • (as Sang-a Lee)
    Eon Lee
    • Park Joon-woo
    Kijoon Hong
    • Police officer
    • (as Ki-Joon Hong)
    Kyeong-ik Kim
    • Jin-chul
    Tsuyoshi Kusanagi
    • Japanese Teacher
    Jae-goo Lee
    • Labor office employee
    Se-yun Moon
    • Fat guy 1
    Yun-hong Oh
    • Co. president's wife
    Yeong-seo Park
    • Jong-man
    Deok-Hwan Ryu
    Deok-Hwan Ryu
    • Oh Dong-ku
    Kim Yoon-seok
    Kim Yoon-seok
    • Oh Dong-gu's father
    Mi-yeong Yun
    • Directors
      • Lee Hae-jun
      • Hae-Young Lee
    • Writers
      • Lee Hae-jun
      • Hae-Young Lee
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    7/10
    Transgendered teen becomes a wrestling wunderkind...
    A pleasingly pudgy transgendered teen becomes a wrestling wunderkind in order to secure the hefty prize money for his sex change operation in the directorial debut of acclaimed scriptwriters, Lee Hae-yeong and Lee Hae-jun. It's no wonder then, that added tender loving care was given to its colourful cadre of carefully drawn characters that elevates it from being just another brave little film that's centred around an ideal. Besides having the benefit of seminating from proved pedigree, "Like A Virgin" manages that rare distinction of actually being quite amusing despite succumbing to that very Korean Achilles' heel of parental melodrama. The truest moments of pleasure primarily stems from its protagonist, Oh Dong-gu's (Ryu Deok-hwan) absurd responses to his chauvinistic reality, and his flights of fancy involving an attractive teacher. For the most part, the film does approach society without preconceptions allowing itself a fair bit of leeway for fluff and fantasy. There's a sense that its secondary characters become too much of a handful when there's a discernible, almost portentous shift in tone whenever Dong-gu's miserable louse of a father shows up, upsetting the thoughtful equilibrium of its comedy that does occasionally become reminiscent of Masayuki Suo's "Sumo Do, Sumo Don't".
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    • Release date
      • August 31, 2006 (South Korea)
    • Country of origin
      • South Korea
    • Language
      • Korean
    • Also known as
      • Like a Virgin
    • Filming locations
      • Busan, South Korea
    • Production company
      • Sidus
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $2,500,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $3,547,188
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 56 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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