Screenwriters and friends Lee Hae-joon [이해준] and Lee Hae-yeong [이해영] teamed up for their directorial debut, a comedy about a boy from a dysfunctional family who dreams of becoming a woman. Oh Dong-gu (Ryoo Deok-hwan [류덕환]), the overweight son of a father given to bouts of drunken violence, finds solace in the music of Madonna, particularly her song "Like A Virgin." Oh secretly dons make-up, tries on tight-fitting dresses and examines himself in front of the mirror. If that isn't enough, he has a crush on his Japanese school teacher, whom he fantasizes about during class. Oh needs 5 million won to have a sex-change operation, which happens to be exactly the prize money offered to the winner of the national wrestling (ssireum) tournement for high school students. Oh turns out to be a natural-born wrestler.
[Source: joongangdaily]
Like A Virgin [천하장사 마돈나] (2006)
Comedy
Running time: 116 minutes
Directors: Lee Hae-joon [이해준], Lee Hae-yeong [이해영] (screenwriters, Kick the Moon, 2001; Arahan, 2004)
Cast : Ryoo Deok-hwan [류덕환] (Welcome to Dongmakgol, 2005), Baek Yoon-sik [백윤식] (How the Lack of Love Affects Two Men, 2006; The War of Flowers, 2006)
Production: Sidus (싸이더스)
Distributor : CJ Entertainment
Budget : US $2.5 M
Korean theatrical release date: August 31, 2006
Korean box office: 571,034 admissions (September 24, 2006)
Festivals: 11th Pusan International Film Festival
Winner, Best New Director Award [신인 감독상] at the 5th Korea Film Awards sponsored by MBC [제5회 대한민국영화대상]
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