Champion is a 2002

2002 in film

The year 2002 in film involved some significant events. The first significant releases of sequels took place between The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Men in Black II, Analyze That, Spy Kids 2: The Island of...

 South Korean film, directed by Kwak Kyung-taek

Kwak Kyung-taek

Kwak Kyung-taek is a South Korean film director best known for his 2001 record-breaking film Friend.- Career :Friend, a drama where conflicting criminal alliances turn old friends into enemies, set a new Korean box office record with an audience of 8 million, and he received the Holden Award for...

, about South Korea

South Korea

The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

n boxer

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

 Duk Koo Kim

Duk Koo Kim

Kim Duk-Koo was a South Korean boxer who died following a boxing match against Ray Mancini. His death sparked a number of reforms in the sport aimed to better protect the health of fighters.-Life and boxing career:...

, portrayed by Yu Oh-seong

Yu Oh-seong

Yu Oh-seong , also spelled "Yu Oh-Sung", "Yoo Oh-Sung" is a South Korean actor.-Career:Throughout the mid-1990s, Yoo Oh-sung complemented a career in television with minor roles in film. With his success playing a young gangster in the hit movie Beat , Yoo's face became familiar to a new...

. Kim was Korea's most popular boxer, who in his rise to international fame faced the reigning lightweight champion Ray Mancini

Ray Mancini

Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini is a retired Italian-American boxer. He held the World Boxing Association lightweight championship from 1982 to 1984. Mancini inherited his distinctive nickname from his father, veteran boxer Lenny "Boom Boom" Mancini, who laid the foundation for his son's career...

 in 1982. He lost the match after 14 long rounds, and within minutes dropped into a coma from which he never recovered. The match changed boxing rules around the world; and affected Korea especially.

External links

• Champion (2002) at the Koreafilm.pl