Dong-kun Yang, Aya Hirayama, Masaya Kato

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PG, 120 min.

Directed by: Yun-ho Yang

Release Date: January 1, 2004

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  • February 1, 2008
    Suffers from some pacing issues, Oyama goes to the mountains, has 5 minutes of rocky-esque training sequences and all of a sudden he can break rocks with his hands.

    Mind you, the film takes the story serious enough, but then it goes into do stuff like the above, and then strec...( read more)hing the film around the middle. Thus, keeping this from being anything more than just a mere small crowd pleaser. Jet Li's Fearless operated on a similar way, but with better timing.
  • October 24, 2009
    **i think it was well paced... great martial arts stuff... cute girl :)... although forwared some scenes because I thought they were just a waste of time... great OST epic rules...
  • August 21, 2009
    wow... founder of kyokushin...
  • August 14, 2009
    " a martial arts Fans should watch this movie"
    excellent movie more than just a biography scene....
  • June 28, 2009
    Based on the real life Korean fighter Choi Bae-dal AKA Masutatsu Oyama, Fighter in the Wind is a more than mediocre historic action biography.

    The pacing of the film is a bit erratic. At times the film tends to drag and at others it turns playful and flies by. No matte

    ...( read more)r what's going on, this movie does take itself very seriously. The part Korean part Japanese story takes its time with building up the characters and setting up the rivalry for the finale, but at the 1 hour mark, which is the halfway point of the picture, the story dissolves a bit and the film turns into quite the martial arts event.

    The fights show up in good numbers and the choreography is pretty good. However, they also lack good camera angles and long real time takes, until the ending. Then again, this is more karate and less fancy martial arts.

    The acting is good, with exception of the English speaking soldiers. Dong-kun Yang, the lead, speaks Japanese just as good as his Korean and his fights are very believable. The two main Japanese actors are Aya Hirayama, who is the Japanese beauty, and Masaya Kato, who is the rival. Both are great. Doo-hong Jung, who is the fight choreographer, finds himself with a character early on as well.

    Fighter in the Wind is a bit slow and dramatic at times, but it is a Korean film worth seeing.

  • March 29, 2009
    want to see at some stage
  • February 6, 2009
    one of the best fighter movie...
  • December 11, 2008
    Great fight scenes, keen drama. The main character's feelings strongly resonated with me. Kept escaping convention and kept a sincere focus on it's subject matter and purpose.
  • December 3, 2007
    Based on the true story of the legendary Korean fighter Masutatsu Oyama who deserted the love of his life to pursue a life-long goal of becoming the best fighter in a foreign land. Superb fighting sequences. Excellent cinemagraphy. Wonderful lines.
  • November 5, 2007
    Based on a real story!! One of greatest hero in Japanese martial arts! ooyama

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