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Like a Virgin

Country: South Korea, Language: Korean, 66 mins

Original Title

Cheonhajangsa Madonna
  • Director: Hae-jun Lee; Hae-yeong Lee
  • Writer: Hae-jun Lee; Hae-yeong Lee
  • Producer: Seoung-Jae Cha; Mi-hee Kim

CGiii Comment

So, so painful...

Obviously, we have a cold and icy heart...it seems political correctness is running the show...yet again...

...just because it's about a trans-kid...doesn't mean that the film is any good...it - most definitely - is not.

Avoid...as if your life depended on it.


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The(ir) Blurb...

OH Dong-gu believes himself to be female. Although overweight and on the short side, he dreams of becoming the perfect some day, and he devotes himself to mimicking Madonna's singing and dancing after school. To cover the costs of transsexual surgery, he decides to enter a wrestling competition.

Cast & Characters

Yun-shik Baek as Coach;
Kyeong-ik Kim;
Yun-seok Kim;
Tsuyoshi Kusanagi as Japanese Teacher;
Jae-gu Lee;
Sang-a Lee;
Yun-hong Oh;
Yeong-seo Park;
Deok-Hwan Ryu as Oh Dong-ku