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Birth Of a Man
Birth Of a Man
	男子 Born: Birth Of a Man
Directed by	Park Hee-jun
Written by	Lee Chang-yeol
Starring	Jung Joon ; Hong Kyung-in ; Yeo Hyun-soo
Edited by	Ho Kyung Min ; Eum Hye Jung
Music by	Kim Bong-soo
Production; companies	Twin Entertainment ; Mega Pictures
Release date	October 11, 2002;
Running time	109 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean

Birth of a Man (Korean: 남자 태어나다; RR: Namja Taeeonada) is a 2002 South Korean film starring Jung Joon, Hong Kyung-in and Yeo Hyun-soo.

Production

The team was helped by a legendary Korean boxer Hong Soo-hwan regarding the boxing scenes in the film.^[1]

Cast

Jung Joon as Jang Dae-seong
Hong Kyung-in as Lim Man-goo
Yeo Hyun-soo as Kim Hae-sam
Lee Won-jong
Kim Sa-rang as Sa-rang
Lee Jae-yong as Mr. Choi

Plot

To accomplish the 99-year-old grandfather's dream of sending young people to university, three men practice boxing to enroll as a boxing student for university.^[2]

Reception

The film was pulled out in a day from theaters citing low performances despite being well received by 10,000 people in its test screening. The decision to pull out only in a day was criticized,^[3] and some even made an internet community for the movie to be offered more screenings.^[4]

References

^ 4전 5기의 신화 홍수환<남자, 태어나다>의 세 촌놈, 사나이로 맹글다.. koreafilm.co.kr.
^ 남자 태어나다. Navermovie.
^ 영화 <남자 태어나다> 극장 상영 하룻만에 종영[김성우]. mbcnews. 2002-10-25.
^ [기획] 이 영화들이 그렇게 안땡겼수?. maxmovie. 2002-12-13.

External links

Birth of a Man at IMDb
College Knock Outs at the Korean Movie Database (in Korean)
man born - and then the movie
man born - mubiseuteu
Making film for 'Birth of a Man'

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[1] 4전 5기의 신화 홍수환<남자, 태어나다>의 세 촌놈, 사나이로 맹글다.. koreafilm.co.kr.

[2] 남자 태어나다. Navermovie.

[3] 영화 <남자 태어나다> 극장 상영 하룻만에 종영[김성우]. mbcnews. 2002-10-25.

[4] [기획] 이 영화들이 그렇게 안땡겼수?. maxmovie. 2002-12-13.

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