Editing Champion (2002 film)

{{Infobox film
| name           = Champion
| image          = Champion (2002 film).jpg
| caption        = Theatrical poster
| native_name    = {{Infobox Korean|child=yes
| hangul         = 챔피언
| hanja          = 
| rr             = Chaempieon
| mr             = Ch'aemp'iŏn
| lk             =}}
| director       = [[Kwak Kyung-taek]]
| producer       = Jo Weon-jang
| writer         = Kwak Kyung-taek
| based_on       = [[Personal life|Life]] of [[Duk Koo Kim]]
| starring       = [[Yu Oh-seong]]<br>[[Chae Min-seo]]
| music          = Laurent Sauvagnac - Stéphane Zidi - Matthieu Gain
| cinematography = [[Hong Kyung-pyo]]
| editing        = [[Park Gok-ji]]
| distributor    = Media Suits
| released       = {{Film date|2002|6|28}}
| runtime        = 117 minutes
| country        = South Korea
| language       = Korean
| budget         =
| gross          = {{USD|10,569,737}}<ref name="Boxofficemojo">[https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&wk=2002W28&id=_fCHAMPION%282002%2901 "''Champion''"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304121546/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&wk=2002W28&id=_fCHAMPION%282002%2901 |date=March 4, 2016 }}. [[Boxofficemojo]]. Retrieved March 04, 2012.</ref>
}}
'''''Champion''''' ({{Korean|hangul=챔피언}}) is a 2002 South Korean [[biographical]] [[sport]] [[drama film]] directed by [[Kwak Kyung-taek]], about South Korean [[boxing|boxer]] [[Duk Koo Kim]], portrayed by [[Yu Oh-seong]].

==Background==
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|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.

==Cast==
* [[Yu Oh-seong]] - [[Duk Koo Kim]]
* [[Chae Min-seo]] - Lee Kyeong-mi
* Yun Seung-won - Kim Hyeon-ji
* [[Jung Doo-hong]] - Lee Sang-bok
* Kim Byeong-seo - Park Jong-pal
* Ji Dae-han - Hwang Jun-seok
* [[Shin Jung-geun]] - Kim Yun-gu
* [[Kim Hyun-sook]] - Bus driver
* Han Dae-gwan
* Matthew Ray Phillips - [[Ray Mancini]]
* Hoss Mortezaie - Mancini's Cornerman

==References==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0325165|Champion}}

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[[Category:2002 films]]
[[Category:2000s biographical films]]
[[Category:2000s Korean-language films]]
[[Category:South Korean biographical films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Kwak Kyung-taek]]
[[Category:South Korean boxing films]]
[[Category:Biographical action films]]
[[Category:2000s South Korean films]]


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