The biggest bully in school catches feelings and forgets how to be awful.
When Joong-pil, the biggest bully in his high-school by far finds himself harboring feelings for a classmate, his entire identity is thrown off balance. Suddenly his smoking, his drinking, his constant swearing and his habit of pushing underclassmen into walls don't seem like good habits anymore. Without his nastiness, who is he? He might just like this girl enough to find out, if he can figure out how.
Acting
Ryoo Seung-bum's physical comedy of a thug malfunctioning.
Direction
Joh Keun-shik's kinetic, music-video energy.
Director
Joh Keun-shik
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ryoo Seung-bum was 22 playing a high schooler and had already established himself in Korean New Wave cinema; this was his first leading role in a commercial hit.
The film satirizes Korea's early-2000s 'iljin' subculture—delinquent students who ruled schools through intimidation, a real social phenomenon that peaked in this era.
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