Race to Freedom: Um Bok Dong
2019 South Korean film
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Race to Freedom: Uhm Bok-dong (Korean: 자전차왕 엄복동) is a 2019 South Korean biographical drama film directed and written by Kim Yoo-sung.[1][2][3][4] It stars Rain as a legendary cyclist Uhm Bok-dong.
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| Hangul | 자전차왕 엄복동 |
| RR | Jajeonchawang Eom Bokdong |
| MR | Chajŏnch'awang Ŏm Poktong |
| Directed by | Kim Yoo-sung |
| Written by | Kim Yoo-sung |
| Produced by | Lee Beom-soo |
| Starring | Rain Kang So-ra Lee Beom-soo |
| Cinematography | Park Yong-soo |
| Edited by | Park Gok-ji Lee Yoon-hee |
| Music by | Choi Yong-rak Lee Ji-yeon |
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| Distributed by | Celltrion Entertainment |
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Running time | 116 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Budget | US$13 million |
| Box office | US$1.1 million |
This film was a critical and commercial failure, and is considered to be one of the worst South Korean films ever made.
Plot
Based on the true story of famed cyclist Uhm Bok-dong, who became a symbol of pride for Koreans when he defeated Japanese cyclists and won the championship in a bicycle race which took place during the Japanese colonial rule of Korea.[5]
Cast
- Rain as Uhm Bok-dong
- Kang So-ra as Kim Hyung-shin
- Lee Beom-soo as Hwang Jae-ho
- Min Hyo-rin as Kyeong-ja
- Shin Cheol-jin as Oil Shop Owner
- Jo Seo-hoo as Miki
- Oh Min-ae as Sang-goong
- Park Jin-joo
- Ko Chang-seok
- Lee Geung-young
- Lee Si-eon
- Lee Won-jong as Choi Jae-pil
- Hwang Hee as Long sword provost officer
Production
Principal photography began on April 18, 2017, and wrapped on September 29, 2017.[6]
Reception
The film was considered widely among Korean audiences as a massive flop, and a meme about the film having attracted the lowest audiences in South Korean film has given birth to a meme that uses the number of people who watched the film, which was about 170,000, as a unit called 'UBD".[7]
Controversy
The film got into a controversy because of Um's past as a thief.[8][unreliable source?]
