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Crying Fist R3 (Region 3- Hong Kong Import) - Releasedatum: 19 december 2005
This is the story of two men who brave their way through a rough life to come up against each other in one great fight that will decide their destinies. Tae-shik (Choi Min-sik), once a silver medalist in the Asian Games, now gets paid to be beaten up in place of others in the middle of the street. Gambling debts and a fire in a factory have consumed everything he has ever owned, so he has no choice but to work as a street boxer in order to make ends meet. All he has left is his wife and son. To make matters worse, his wife demands a divorce and he is no longer able to live with his son Seo-Jin who is his only hope in life. With his back against the wall and nothing more to lose, the old boxer decides to go for the amateur boxing title. Sang-Hwan's (Ryu Seung-beom) a juvenile delinquent gets thrown into prison, and after a stay in solitary confinement, Sang Hwan is invited to join the prison¡¦s boxing club to "let loose some steam" and boxing gradually taught him for the first time that he could actually do something. While serving time, his father has passed away suddenly and his grandmother has had a stroke. In shock, Sang-Hwan prepares to win the amateur title in an effort to shake off his grief. As these two boxers lead their down-spiraling ways of life, destiny has a cruel way of intertwining lives and the only way they can meet is in the ring.
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