The Kick (film)

The Kick
The Kick
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Prachya Pinkaew
Produced by	Gang Seong-gyu
Starring	Jeeja Yanin; Petchtai Wongkamlao; Cho Jae-hyun; Ye Ji-won; Na Tae-joo; Kim Kyeong-suk; Lee Gwan-hun
Production; companies	Baa-Ram-Ewe; Bangkok Film Studio
Distributed by	Sahamongkol Film International; Showbox/Mediaplex (South Korea); Lionsgate (United States)
Release date	November 3, 2011;
Running time	94 minutes
Countries	Thailand; South Korea
Languages	Thai; Korean; English
Budget	$3,500,000
Box office	$344,288

The Kick (Korean: 더 킥; Thai: วอนโดนเตะ!!) is a 2011 Thai martial arts film, directed by Prachya Pinkaew. The film follows a Korean family of taekwondo experts who immigrate to Thailand.^[4]

Plot

Mun is a Korean immigrant to Thailand and a taekwondo master running an old taekwondo gym in Bangkok. All five members of his family are also taekwondo exponents, each of whom infuses the art with a particular skill: his wife Mija in the cooking style, his son Taeyang in the dancing style, his daughter Taemi in the soccer style, and the youngest, Typhoon, in the style of brute strength; he can break anything with his strong forehead.

Mun wants his children to become taekwondo coaches and take over his gym in the future. However, Taeyang wants to be a famous pop singer, and Taemi is only interested in her classmate at school, whom she harbors a secret crush on.

One day, Taeyang foils a gang's attempt to steal a priceless antique kris. Pom, the leader of the gang, is the only one to escape and threatens revenge. Mun's family becomes more popular in the public eye, but they do not know when or where Pom will try to get his revenge and must put aside their differences to stand up for their family.

Cast

Cho Jae-hyun as Master Mun
Ye Ji-won as Yun Mija^[5]^[6]
Na Tae-ju as Taeyang
Kim Gyeongsuk as Taemi
Do Shigang as Beom
Lee Hundon as Seokdu
Kim Yiroo as Yiroo
Yanin Vismitananda as Wawa^[7]
Petchtai Wongkamlao as Uncle Mam^[8]

References

^ (in Korean) 조재현ㆍ예지원, 한.泰 합작영화 '더킥' 출연, Yonhap, 2010. 8. 12.
^ (in Korean) 옹박 감독, 조재현·예지원 '콜', NEWSIS, 2010. 8. 12.
^ "The Kick".
^ "US POSTER FOR PRACHYA PINKAEW'S THE KICK". Twitch Film. Retrieved 2011-06-05.
^ Oh, Mi-jung (7 October 2011). "Yeh Ji Won an Action Star?". enewsWorld.
^ Lee, Jin-ho (25 October 2011). "Yeh Ji Won Eats Like A Beast". enewsWorld.
^ "Jeeja Yanin Joins Prachya Pinkaew's The Kick". Neo. Retrieved 2011-03-20.
^ "AFM 2010: CHOCOLATE STAR JIJA YANIN JOINS CAST OF PRACHYA PINKAEW'S TAEKWONDO PICTURE THE KICK". Twitch Film. Archived from the original on 2011-03-08. Retrieved 2011-03-20.

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[1] (in Korean) 조재현ㆍ예지원, 한.泰 합작영화 '더킥' 출연, Yonhap, 2010. 8. 12.

[2] (in Korean) 옹박 감독, 조재현·예지원 '콜', NEWSIS, 2010. 8. 12.

[3] "The Kick".

[4] "US POSTER FOR PRACHYA PINKAEW'S THE KICK". Twitch Film. Retrieved 2011-06-05.

[5] Oh, Mi-jung (7 October 2011). "Yeh Ji Won an Action Star?". enewsWorld.

[6] Lee, Jin-ho (25 October 2011). "Yeh Ji Won Eats Like A Beast". enewsWorld.

[7] "Jeeja Yanin Joins Prachya Pinkaew's The Kick". Neo. Retrieved 2011-03-20.

[8] "AFM 2010: CHOCOLATE STAR JIJA YANIN JOINS CAST OF PRACHYA PINKAEW'S TAEKWONDO PICTURE THE KICK". Twitch Film. Archived from the original on 2011-03-08. Retrieved 2011-03-20.

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