2005 · drama · sport · korean
Crying Fist
Directed by Ryoo Seung-wan2h 1m2005
Tae-sik, a troubled middle aged man and Sang-hwan, a troubled youth will meet in the ring with their respective mission. To change their life.
Our read: Crying Fist (2005) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded drama · sport · korean entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured drama / sport, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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- intense
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