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Parinya Charoenphol is a big name in Thailand, but
she was better known as Nong Toom, the Muay-Thai champion. From
the age of 12, Nong Toom had to fight like a man to become a woman,
over a ten-year career in one of the most lethal sports known to
mankind.

Nong Toom's dreaded kicks resounded as far as the Tokyo Dome where
a historical match took place in 1998 against Japanese wrestler
Kyoko Inoue.

Singaporean theatre director Ekachai Uekrongtham works with award-winning
playwright Desmond Sim to retrace Nong Toom's journey from dealing
deadly blows in the boxing ring to becoming a drop-dead beauty.

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