| Champion | |||||||||
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| Director: | Kwak Kyung-taek | ||||||||
| Producer: | Jo Weon-jang | ||||||||
| Based On: | Life of Duk Koo Kim | ||||||||
| Starring: | Yu Oh-seong Chae Min-seo | ||||||||
| Music: | Laurent Sauvagnac - Stéphane Zidi - Matthieu Gain | ||||||||
| Cinematography: | Hong Kyung-pyo | ||||||||
| Editing: | Park Gok-ji | ||||||||
| Distributor: | Media Suits | ||||||||
| Runtime: | 117 minutes | ||||||||
| Country: | South Korea | ||||||||
| Language: | Korean | ||||||||
| Gross: | [1] | ||||||||
Champion is a 2002 South Korean biographical sport drama film directed by Kwak Kyung-taek, about South Korean boxer Duk Koo Kim, portrayed by Yu Oh-seong.
A biopic, Champion details the life of Duk Koo Kim, South Korea's most popular boxer, who, in his rise to international fame, faced the reigning lightweight champion Ray Mancini at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada on November 13, 1982. Kim ultimately lost the match after fourteen rounds, and within minutes, dropped into a coma from which he never recovered. The match changed boxing rules around the world; and affected South Korea especially.