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Crying Fist (2005)

2005 film by Ryu Seung-wan

Released
2005
Country
South Korea
Language
Korean
Genre
Boxing film
Director
Ryoo Seung-wan
Screenplay
Ryoo Seung-wan
Music
Bang Jun-seok
Editing
Nam Na-yeong
Starring
Choi Min-sik, Ryoo Seung-bum
Running time
134 minutes
Production company
Filmmaker R&K
Distributor
Netflix, Crunchyroll

Crying Fist (Korean: 주먹이 운다; RR: Jumeogi unda) is a 2005 South Korean sports drama film written and directed by Ryoo Seung-wan. It stars Choi Min-sik and Ryoo Seung-bum as two desperate men, a washed-up former boxing champion and a troubled youth respectively, who face off in a high-stakes tournament that could change their lives. The film screened in the Directors' Fortnight section of the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.

More films directed by Ryoo Seung-wan

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Facts from Wikidata Q3005713 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.