The Kick (film)
| The Kick | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Prachya Pinkaew |
| Produced by | Gang Seong-gyu |
| Starring | Jeeja Yanin Petchtai Wongkamlao Cho Jae-hyun Ye Ji-won Na Tae-joo Kim Kyeong-suk Lee Gwan-hun |
Production companies | Baa-Ram-Ewe Bangkok Film Studio |
| Distributed by | Sahamongkol Film International Showbox/Mediaplex (South Korea) Lionsgate (United States) |
Release date |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Countries | Thailand South Korea |
| Languages | Thai Korean English |
| Budget | $3,500,000[1][2] |
| Box office | $344,288[3] |
The Kick (Korean: 더 킥; Thai: วอนโดนเตะ!!) is a 2011 Thai martial arts film, directed by Prachya Pinkaew. The film follows a Korean family of taekwondo experts who immigrate to Thailand.[4]
Plot
Mun is a Korean immigrant to Thailand and a taekwondo master running an old taekwondo gym in Bangkok. All five members of his family are also taekwondo exponents, each of whom infuses the art with a particular skill: his wife Mija in the cooking style, his son Taeyang in the dancing style, his daughter Taemi in the soccer style, and the youngest, Typhoon, in the style of brute strength; he can break anything with his strong forehead.
Mun wants his children to become taekwondo coaches and take over his gym in the future. However, Taeyang wants to be a famous pop singer, and Taemi is only interested in her classmate at school, whom she harbors a secret crush on.
One day, Taeyang foils a gang's attempt to steal a priceless antique kris. Pom, the leader of the gang, is the only one to escape and threatens revenge. Mun's family becomes more popular in the public eye, but they do not know when or where Pom will try to get his revenge and must put aside their differences to stand up for their family.
Cast
- Cho Jae-hyun as Master Mun
- Ye Ji-won as Yun Mija[5][6]
- Na Tae-ju as Taeyang
- Kim Gyeongsuk as Taemi
- Do Shigang as Beom
- Lee Hundon as Seokdu
- Kim Yiroo as Yiroo
- Yanin Vismitananda as Wawa[7]
- Petchtai Wongkamlao as Uncle Mam[8]
References
- ^ (in Korean) 조재현ㆍ예지원, 한.泰 합작영화 '더킥' 출연, Yonhap, 2010. 8. 12.
- ^ (in Korean) 옹박 감독, 조재현·예지원 '콜', NEWSIS, 2010. 8. 12.
- ^ "The Kick".
- ^ "US POSTER FOR PRACHYA PINKAEW'S THE KICK". Twitch Film. Retrieved 2011-06-05.
- ^ Oh, Mi-jung (7 October 2011). "Yeh Ji Won an Action Star?". enewsWorld.
- ^ Lee, Jin-ho (25 October 2011). "Yeh Ji Won Eats Like A Beast". enewsWorld.
- ^ "Jeeja Yanin Joins Prachya Pinkaew's The Kick". Neo. Retrieved 2011-03-20.
- ^ "AFM 2010: CHOCOLATE STAR JIJA YANIN JOINS CAST OF PRACHYA PINKAEW'S TAEKWONDO PICTURE THE KICK". Twitch Film. Archived from the original on 2011-03-08. Retrieved 2011-03-20.
External links
- Official website (in Korean)
- The Kick at IMDb
- The Kick at HanCinema