Fighter in the Wind
Fighter in the Wind Korean is a 2004 South Korean film. It is based on the Japanese book Karate Baka Ichidai which is a fictionalized account of karate competitor Choi YeungEui , who went to Japan after World War II to become a fighter pilot but found a very different path instead. He changed his name to Masutatsu Oyama and went across the country, defeating martial artists one after another. This film concentrates on the period when he is still young, and developing his famous karate style, Kyokushin. The film was the 7th highest grossing Korean film of 2004 with 2,346,446 admissions sold nationwide.
The commander in charge of the camp is a pompous imperialist called Kato Masaya Kato. Having mistreated the two Koreans, he is amused by Baedals fighting spirit and says that if Baedal can beat him with his inferior foreign fighting style, he will release them. The two men fight with Kato easily defeating Baedal, but an American attack on the airforce base allows Baedal and Chunbae to escape.Later, Baedal is found helping Chunbae to run a pachinko stall in a Japanese market place. When local gangsters try to take protection money from Chunbae, Baedal tries to defend him but is beaten up and humiliated by the gangsters. His ordeal is ended by the intervantion of Bumsoo Jung Doohong, a martial arts expert from his home town who had also emigrated to Japan. Bumsoo invites Baedal back to the circus where he, and many fellow Korean immigrants, work and where he is attempting to build a decent standard of living for his countrymen. After some persuasion, he agrees to teach Baedal some of his more sophisticated fighting style. ........
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