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.
The original title is "바람의 파이터" (KO).
The production budget was $6.0M.
The runtime is 121 minutes (2h 1m).
The film features dialogue in 3 languages: German, Korean, Japanese.
The film was directed by Yang Yun-ho.
The screenplay was written by Kim Hyung-joo.
This title is listed on IMDb as tt0416499.
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바람의 파이터
Released
12
Deutsch, 한국어/조선말, 日本語
South Korea
$6,000,000
