The Foul King

The Foul King
Theatrical release poster
Hangul
반칙왕
Hanja
反則王
Revised RomanizationBanchikwang
McCune–ReischauerPanch'ikwang
Directed byKim Jee-woon
Written byKim Jee-woon
Produced byLee Mi-yeon
StarringSong Kang-ho
Jang Jin-young
CinematographyHong Kyung-pyo
Distributed byMirovision
Release date
  • February 4, 2000 (2000-02-04)
Running time
112 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
BudgetUS$1.6 million

The Foul King (Korean: 반칙왕; RR: Banchikwang) is a 2000 South Korean sports comedy film, written and directed by Kim Jee-woon. It was Kim's second feature-length film after The Quiet Family. Like the director's debut film, The Foul King also stars Song Kang-ho, this time as an incompetent bank clerk who takes up a career in professional wrestling, adopting the moniker "The Foul King" in the ring.