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    2003     Action    
    Thailand
    1h 58min
    Original language: Thai, English, Japanese

    Based on the true story of Thailand's famed transgender kickboxer, Beautiful Boxer is a poignant action drama that punches straight into the heart and mind of a boy who fights like a man so he can become a woman.

    Believing he's a girl trapped in a boy's body since childhood, Parinya Charoenphol (affectionately known as Nong Toom in Thailand) sets out to master the most masculine and lethal sport of Muay Thai (Thai boxing) to earn a living and to achieve his ultimate goal of total femininity. Touching, funny and packed with breathtaking Thai kickboxing sequences, Beautiful Boxer traces Nong Toom's childhood, teenage life as a traveling monk and grueling days in boxing camps. Shot in 9 provinces across Thailand and in Tokyo, the film also features a series of explosive matches where Nong Toom knocks out most of his opponents in Thailand and Japan.

    Directed byEkachai Uekrongtham
    Written byEkachai Uekrongtham, Desmond Sim

    Starring

    Asanee Suwan
    Sorapong Chatree
    Orn-Anong Panyawong
    Nukkid Boonthong
    Sitiporn Niyom
    Somsak Tuangmkuda
    Kyôko Inoue
    Keagan Kang
    Yuka Hyodo
    Tanyabuth Songsakul
    + MORE

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