61st Korean Film Night

<Crying Fist>

Title: Crying Fist (2005)

Director: Ryoo Seung-wan

Genre: Drama

Certification: 12

Running Time: 134mins

Date & Time: THURS 23rd December 2010,7:00pm

Venue: Multi-Purpose Hall, KCCUK

Admission Free, Booking required

info@kccuk.org.uk / 0207 004 2600

Synopsis

Crying Fist, loosely based on real people, is the story of two losers. Gang Tae-shik (Min-sik) was once a boxing silver medallist at the Asian Games; a victim of the economic downturn in the late 90s, and his own gambling habit, everyday he walks into the centre of town, puts on a helmet and gloves and lets strangers beat him up for money. He’s performing an odd sort of public service, letting people take out their stress on him, but his own life is in ruins. His wife wants a divorce – she has met someone else, a more suitable and respectable man. His son - the only hopeful light in his life - is disgusted with him, and his health is rapidly deteriorating.

Yoo Sang-hwan (Ryoo) is a dreadlocked rebel without a cause. Refusing to get a job, his daily routine consists of petty crime, muggings and gang fights. He is the despair of his family, particularly his father. Needing money to pay off a debt, he tries to rob a wealthy neighbour and is finally arrested and jailed. While behind bars, he takes up boxing at the urging of the warden (having bitten the ear off the prison bully in a fight) and finds a new desire to actually do something with his life. When his father is killed in a tragic accident, and his grandmother has a stroke, his guilt stirs him to enter for the amateur boxing title in the hope of overcoming his deep sorrow.

Tae Shik, desperate and with nothing to lose, makes a final effort to pull himself together, impress his son and make some money, and enters for the same amateur boxing contest. In the opening rounds, Tae-shik gradually recovers his old skills, while Sang-hwan easily beats his opponents. They come together in the final match: equals, each needing to win. 

Source: futuremovies.co.uk

Contains scene of a violent nature

Booking is required, please RSVP to info@kccuk.org.uk or call 020 7004 2600
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