Race to Freedom: Um Bok Dong

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.

Race to Freedom: Uhm Bok-dong
Theatrical release poster
Hangul
자전차왕 엄복동
Revised RomanizationJajeonchawang eombokdong
Directed byKim Yoo-sung
Written byKim Yoo-sung
Produced byLee Beom-soo
StarringRain
Kang So-ra
Lee Beom-soo
CinematographyPark Yong-soo
Edited byPark Gok-ji
Lee Yoon-hee
Music byChoi Yong-rak
Lee Ji-yeon
Production
company
Distributed byCelltrion Entertainment
Release date
  • February 27, 2019 (2019-02-27)
Running time
116 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
BudgetUS$13 million
Box officeUS$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

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]

References
  1. "자전차왕 엄복동". movie.naver.com.
  2. "Daum영화" – via movie.daum.net.
  3. "영화 [자전차왕 엄복동] 상세정보". 씨네21.
  4. "(Yonhap Interview) New film 'Uhm Bok-dong' pushes Rain to his physical limit". Yonhap News Agency. 21 February 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  5. "영화 "비·강소라·이범수 주연, 기억해야 할 조선의 희망 엄복동 이야기" - 한국강사신문". www.lecturernews.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2019-06-14.
  6. Herald, The Korea (18 April 2017). "Rain, Kang So-ra to star in 'Uhm Bok-dong'". www.koreaherald.com.
  7. "'1일 1깡'으로 주목받는 '밈', 또 다른 '악플' 우려". edaily.
  8. "'엄복동' 실존인물 절도·'국뽕' 논란에 감독·이범수 반응은".


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