29 Aug 2006

Fighter In The Wind

Director: Yang Yun-ho

Language: Korean/Japanese with English and Chinese subtitles

Starring: Yang Donggeun, Kato Masaya, Hirayama Aya

Screening: 2005-01-25

If for some bizarre reason, neither Bad Education nor
Finding Neverland can satisfy your cinematic palette, then
catch the popcorn action flick from Korea, Fighter In The Wind.


It stars Yang Dong-kun as the legendary Korean fighter Bae-dal,
a real-life character who has been immortalised in countless contemporary
comic books. Bae-dal was a Korean boxer who went to Japan during
World War II to work as a kamikaze pilot. But when his martial arts
teacher was murdered by the Japanese yakuza, he retreated into the
mountains to train himself and become the best fighter that ever
lived.


The films details his life, in particular, the fighting episodes.
Fighter In The Wind is somewhat cheesy and predictable,
but if you love action movies, you might just find what you're looking
for here.