Champion

"There's nothing he can't knock down."

2018 1h 48m KO

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6.8

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90%

CERTIFIED FRESH

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6.4

IMDB

★6.8TMDB · 49🍅90%Rotten Tomatoes★6.4IMDB · 1,513

DramaComedy

Synopsis

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A former arm-wrestling champion raised in the U.S. returns to South Korea for a tournament that could return him to glory, but he finds his life complicated by the appearance of the biological family he never knew.

“There's nothing he can't knock down.”

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Cast

Don Lee
Mark
Kwon Yul
Jin-ki
Han Ye-ri
Soo-jin
Choi Seung-hoon
Joon-hyung
Ok Ye-rin
Joon-hee
Son Sook
Mark's Mother
John D. Michaels
Fight Announcer
Carson Allen
Announcer

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Kim Yong-wan
Writers: Kim Yong-wan
Languages: English, Korean
Countries: Hong Kong, South Korea

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ERA

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Released 8 years ago.

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2 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Korean.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Hong Kong, South Korea.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Kim Yong-wan, shot by Yoo Ji-sun. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

AWARDS

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Original score by Nam Dae-won. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Lee Ho-seung shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

AWARDS

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Don Lee and Kwon Yul and Han Ye-ri carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "There's nothing he can't knock down.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Kim Yong-wan directs. Yoo Ji-sun behind the camera. Nam Dae-won scores. Lee Ho-seung cuts. Produced in Hong Kong, South Korea. Dialogue in English, Korean.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 8 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Korean.
3International production across 2 countries: Hong Kong, South Korea.
4Directed by Kim Yong-wan, shot by Yoo Ji-sun. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Nam Dae-won. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Lee Ho-seung shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Don Lee and Kwon Yul and Han Ye-ri carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "There's nothing he can't knock down.".
9IMDB entry: tt8367080 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 49 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
11Classified under 8 themes, including "friendship", "competition", "bromance", "family".