Champion (2002 film)

2002 South Korean film

Champion

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Hangul|

챔피언

RR| Chaempieon
MR| Ch'aemp'iŏn
Directed by| Kwak Kyung-taek
Written by| Kwak Kyung-taek
Based on| Life of Duk Koo Kim
Produced by| Jo Weon-jang
Starring| Yu Oh-seong
Chae Min-seo
Cinematography| Hong Kyung-pyo
Edited by| Park Gok-ji
Music by| Laurent Sauvagnac - Stéphane Zidi - Matthieu Gain
Distributed by| Media Suits

Release date

* June 28, 2002 (2002-06-28)

Running time

| 117 minutes
Country| South Korea
Language| Korean
Box office| US$10,569,737[1]

Champion (Korean: 챔피언) is a 2002 South Korean biographical sport drama film directed by Kwak Kyung-taek, about South Korean boxer Duk Koo Kim, portrayed by Yu Oh-seong.

## Background

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A biopic, Champion details the life of Duk Koo Kim, South Korea's most popular boxer, who, in his rise to international fame, faced the reigning lightweight champion Ray Mancini at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada on November 13, 1982. Kim ultimately lost the match after fourteen rounds, and within minutes, dropped into a coma from which he never recovered. The match changed boxing rules around the world; and affected South Korea especially.

## Cast

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* Yu Oh-seong \- Duk Koo Kim
* Chae Min-seo \- Lee Kyeong-mi
* Yun Seung-won - Kim Hyeon-ji
* Jung Doo-hong \- Lee Sang-bok
* Kim Byeong-seo - Park Jong-pal
* Ji Dae-han - Hwang Jun-seok
* Shin Jung-geun \- Kim Yun-gu
* Kim Hyun-sook \- Bus driver
* Han Dae-gwan
* Matthew Ray Phillips - Ray Mancini
* Hoss Mortezaie - Mancini's Cornerman

## References

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1. ^ "Champion" Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. Boxofficemojo. Retrieved March 04, 2012.

## External links

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* Champion at IMDb

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