21 Dec 2022
Hero
An Jung-geun fights for Korea's independence from the Japanese Empire and sparks a movement. In 1909, he assassinates Itō Hirobumi, the first prime minister of Japan and resident-general of Korea.
Fighter in the Wind
An account of karate competitor Choi Yeung-Eui who went to Japan after World War II to become a fighter pilot but found a very different path instead. He changed his name to Masutatsu Oyama and went across the country, defeating martial artists one after another. This film concentrates on the period when he is still young, and developing his famous karate style, Kyokushin.
Top Billed Cast
양동근 Choi Bae-dal
平山あや Yoko
加藤雅也 Kato
国分佐智子 Fuuma Kosaka 
정태우 Chun-bae
염혜란 Aunt
김민수 Port Yakuza
Seong-hwan Koo Circus Clown
Lee Han-gal Miwa
Lee Han-sol
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