Punch is 2011 South Korean coming of age film is based of novel by Kim Ryeo-Ryeong

Kim Ryeo-ryeong

-Life:Kim Ryeo-ryeong was born in Seoul in 1971 and went on to earn her degree in creative writing from the Seoul Institute of the Arts. She has won multiple prizes for her writing including the Munhak Dongne Children’s Literature Prize in 2007 for A Seahorse Lives in My Heart, Ma Hae-song Literary...

  is about the story of a teacher who become a trainer of a poor and troubled student after he discovered his talent of boxing. The film was released on October 20, 2011 and topped the box office.

Plot

The story of Won-deuk is poor student who lived with his dwarf father and uncle after his mother left him as child. Wan-deuk is a low student who frequently fights. His enemy is his teacher, Lee Dong-jo is also his neighbor who discovered Won-deuk's talent of boxing and trained him.

Cast

• Yoo Ah In
  Yoo Ah In
  Yoo Ah-in is a South Korean actor. He has appeared in a number of movies and dramas, such as Antique, Chil-woo the Mighty and He Who Can't Marry...
  
   ... Yoo Wan-deuk - a troubled student who born to Korean father and Filipino mother
• Kim Yoon-seok
  Kim Yoon-seok
  Kim Yoon Suk is a South Korean film, television and stage actor.-Movies:* The Professionals *Punch *The Yellow Sea *Jeon Woo Chi *Running Turtle...
  
  ... Lee Dong-jo - a foul-mouthed high school teacher who discovered Won-deuk's talent
• Jasmine Lee ... Won-deuk's and Ho-jeong's estranged mother who left them as children in the novel she was Vietnamese
• Park Soo-Young .... Gok-sul (Wan-deuk's and Ho-jong's father)
• Park Hyo-ju ... Yoo Ho-jong (Wan-deuk's sister)
• Kim Yeong-jae... Min-goo

Box Office

In the opening week of release, "Punch" sold 640,000 tickets. On November 5th, CJ Entertainment announced that "Punch" sold over two million tickets to date, claiming the top spot at the box office for the second consecutive week.