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The true story of Korean boxer Kim Duk-koo.The true story of Korean boxer Kim Duk-koo.The true story of Korean boxer Kim Duk-koo.

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6.4/10

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Awards
- 2 wins & 5 nominations total

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Yu Oh-seong

Kim Deuk-gu
(as Oh-seong Yu)

Chae Min-seo

Lee Kyeong-mi

Seung-won Yun

Kim, Hyeon-ji

Jung Doo-hong

Lee Sang-bok

Byeong-seo Kim

Park Jong-pal

Ji Dae-han

Hwang Jun-seok
(as Dae-han Ji)

Mike Kirkland

Officer Spence
(as Michael J. Kirkland)

Jerry Baxter

Suzanne Bernert

Foreign Journalist

Zvonimir Hace

Male Spectator

Matt Phillips

Ray "Boom-Boom" Mancini

Beth Powder

Female Spectator

David Jean Thomas

Referee

Kim Won-jung

Kim Yong-Dae
(as Won-Jung Kim)

John Eric Brown

Caesars palace security
(uncredited)

Gerard J. Reyes

Ringside Photographer
(uncredited)

Director
- Kwak Kyung-taek
Writer
- Kwak Kyung-taek
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4wrlang

Champion is about the life and death of Korean boxer Deuk-Gu Kim in the boxing ring. The film went into great detail about Kim's life and times during the 1980s and outlined how Kim came to be a great boxer. Kim's family was also depicted in this film. Boom Boom Mancini was the boxer that injured Kim in such a way as to cause his death. If you're looking for a biography about Kim, then this film is for you. You will know everything you ever wanted to know about Kim. The film was well made as a class B+ with many good attributes. It is subtitled in most places so you do have to read the dialog. Get the DVD if you have some time to kill.

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Trivia
The film was released in 2002, 20 years after the death of Kim Duk-koo.

Goofs
During the fight between Duk Koo Kim and Ray Mancini, Kim is wearing dark red shorts and Mancini is wearing yellow shorts. However, in the real-life fight on November 13, 1982, it was Mancini who was wearing red shorts and Kim was wearing yellow shorts.