Like a Virgin | |
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Directed by | Lee Hae-jun Lee Hae-young |
Written by | Lee Hae-jun Lee Hae-young |
Produced by | Cha Seung-jae Kim Mi-hee Kim Moo-ryoung Im Choong-ryul Yun Sang-oh |
Starring | Ryu Deok-hwan Baek Yoon-sik Lee Eon Lee Sang-ah Kim Yoon-seok |
Cinematography | Jo Yong-gyu |
Edited by | Nam Na-yeong |
Music by | Kim Hong-jib |
Distributed by | CJ Entertainment |
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Running time | 116 minutes |
Country | South Korea |
Language | Korean |
Budget | US$2.5 million |
Box office | US$3,547,188[1] |
Like a Virgin (Korean: 천하장사 마돈나; RR: Cheonhajangsa Madonna; lit. "Strong Man Under Heaven Madonna") is a 2006 South Korean film, written and directed by Lee Hae-jun and Lee Hae-young.[2][3] Ryu Deok-hwan stars in the lead role as transgender teenager Oh Dong-ku, and won several domestic awards for his performance, as well as a nomination for the Asia Pacific Screen Award Best Performance by an Actor.[4] The film's English title is a reference to a Madonna song of the same name.
Chubby high school student and Madonna-devotee Oh Dong-ku is a trans woman living with her abusive, alcoholic father. Dong-ku works part-time to save money for the sex reassignment surgery she craves. Despite being told that she has the perfect physique for ssireum, Dong-ku has no interest in taking up sports — but when she finds out about an upcoming ssireum tournament with a large cash prize going to the winner, she changes her mind and signs up for the team.
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