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The Foul King (Korean: 반칙왕; RR: Banchikwang) is a 2000 South Korean sport comedy-drama film, written and directed by Kim Jee-woon. It was Kim's second feature-length film after The Quiet Family.
The Foul King: Directed by Kim Jee-woon. With Song Kang-ho, Jang Jin-young, Jang Hang-seon, Park Sang-myun. A wimpy, incompetent bank clerk decides to become a pro wrestler.
Release Date: January 29, 2000. Runtime: 111 Min. ' Genre: Comedy / Sports / Wrestling. Distributor: Cinema Service. Language: Korean. Country: South Korea. Plot. Lim Dae-Ho (Song Kang-Ho) works as a bank teller while suffering through the grind of his miserable 9 to 5 existence. He is constantly bullied at work by his boss (Song Young-Chang).
Dae-Ho is a timid, unproductive, constantly harassed bank clerk. He starts secretly wrestling and adopts the persona of the cheating villain wrestler “The Foul King”. He starts to stand up for himself but things soon start to get out of hand.
After enduring one headlock too many from his boss, a salaryman hits the gym, transforming himself into a ruler of the wrestling ring. Not cut out for hero roles, he becomes the ‘foul king’ – a rule-breaking competitor who employs any means to defeat his opponents.
A wimpy, incompetent bank clerk decides to become a pro wrestler. Dae-Ho is an unproductive bank clerk who is late to work every morning and the object of his manager's frustrations. He was a fan of TV wrestling as a child, but can't get out of a headlock.
Synopsis. Nobody by day, King of wrestling by night! An incompetent bank clerk decides to become a pro wrestler but he is coached to cheat all the time. Remove Ads. Cast.