Race to Freedom: Uhm Bok-dong | |
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Hangul | 자전차왕 엄복동 |
Revised Romanization | Jajeonchawang eombokdong |
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 |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Celltrion Entertainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 116 minutes |
Country | South Korea |
Language | Korean |
Budget | US$13 million |
Box office | US$1.1 million |
Race to Freedom: Uhm Bok-dong 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.
This film was a critical and commercial failure, and is considered to be one of the worst South Korean films ever made.
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]
Principal photography began on April 18, 2017, and wrapped on September 29, 2017. [6]
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]
The film got into a controversy because of Um's past as a thief. [8]
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