Race to Freedom: Um Bok Dong
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| Hangul | 자전차왕 엄복동 |
| Revised Romanization | Jajeonchawang eombokdong |
| Directed by | Kim Yoo-sung |
| Written by | Kim Yoo-sung |
| Produced by | Lee Beom-soo |
| Starring | Rain Kang So-ra Lee Beom-soo |
| Cinematography | Park Yong-soo |
| Edited by | Park Gok-ji Lee Yoon-hee |
| Music by | Choi Yong-rak Lee Ji-yeon |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Celltrion Entertainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 116 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Budget | US$13 million |
| Box office | US$1.1 million |
Race to Freedom: Uhm Bok-dong is a 2019 South Korean biographical drama film directed and written by Kim Yoo-sung.[1][2][3][4] It stars Rain as a legendary cyclist Uhm Bok-dong.
This film was a critical and commercial failure, and is considered to be one of the worst South Korean films ever made.
Plot
Based on the true story of famed cyclist Uhm Bok-dong, who became a symbol of pride for Koreans when he defeated Japanese cyclists and won the championship in a bicycle race which took place during the Japanese colonial rule of Korea.[5]
Cast
- Rain as Uhm Bok-dong
- Kang So-ra as Kim Hyung-shin
- Lee Beom-soo as Hwang Jae-ho
- Min Hyo-rin as Kyeong-ja
- Shin Cheol-jin as Oil Shop Owner
- Jo Seo-hoo as Miki
- Oh Min-ae as Sang-goong
- Park Jin-joo
- Ko Chang-seok
- Lee Geung-young
- Lee Si-eon
- Lee Won-jong as Choi Jae-pil
- Hwang Hee as Long sword provost officer
Production
Principal photography began on April 18, 2017, and wrapped on September 29, 2017.[6]
Reception
The film was considered widely among Korean audiences as a massive flop, and a meme about the film having attracted the lowest audiences in South Korean film has given birth to a meme that uses the number of people who watched the film, which was about 170,000, as a unit called 'UBD".[7]
Controversy
The film got into a controversy because of Um's past as a thief.[8]
References
- ^ "자전차왕 엄복동". movie.naver.com. Archived from the original on 2019-10-31. Retrieved 2019-02-23.
- ^ "Daum영화". Archived from the original on 2019-02-24. Retrieved 2019-02-23 – via movie.daum.net.
- ^ "영화 [자전차왕 엄복동] 상세정보". 씨네21. Archived from the original on 2017-06-15. Retrieved 2017-05-21.
- ^ "(Yonhap Interview) New film 'Uhm Bok-dong' pushes Rain to his physical limit". Yonhap News Agency. 21 February 2019. Archived from the original on 24 February 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
- ^ "영화 "비·강소라·이범수 주연, 기억해야 할 조선의 희망 엄복동 이야기" - 한국강사신문". www.lecturernews.com (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2023-08-27. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
- ^ "Rain, Kang So-ra to star in 'Uhm Bok-dong'". The Korea Herald. 18 April 2017. Archived from the original on 20 May 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
- ^ "'1일 1깡'으로 주목받는 '밈', 또 다른 '악플' 우려". edaily. Archived from the original on 2021-10-17. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
- ^ "'엄복동' 실존인물 절도·'국뽕' 논란에 감독·이범수 반응은". Archived from the original on 2021-10-17. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
External links
- Race to Freedom: Um Bok Dong at HanCinema
- Race to Freedom: Um Bok Dong at the Korean Movie Database (in Korean)