In fact Punch was a high gross movie #3 in year 2011 with more than 5 million tickets sold nationwide.
It's a very interesting and light weight movie mainly revolving a high school brat Do Wan Deok (played by Yoo Ah In) and his school teacher Lee Dong Joo (played by Kim Yun Seok). Wan Deok comes from a very poor family whose father is a hunchback earning a living by dancing in clubs to streets with his uncle Min Goo. Wan Deok often gets into fights for defending his father and uncle from being bullied. However Dong Joo feels it's time to set the high school kid back to the right patch.
Wan Deok is always alone without friends. He even sits by himself in the class and considered the worst student of all. With the constant bickering and hassling from his teacher who literally lives opposite his rooftop house, Wan Deok attends the neighborhood church which is manned by foreigners. To his surprise Dong Joo owns the church and hires the illegal immigrants giving them a chance to survive in Korea.
Wan Deok discovers his real mother is a Filipino lady Suk Hee working in a restaurant. Suk Hee clearly misses her son a lot and wishes to see Wan Deok again. Reluctant at first and soon he bonds well with his mother who was separated from him 17 years ago. Yoon Ha is a top student in school breaks up with her notorious boyfriend and finds solace in Wan Deok. Wan Deok decided to take up kickboxing as a sport with the support from Yoon Ha.
Dong Joo ended up in trouble when he brought his father to court for mistreating illegal immigrants and workers. In fact Dong Joo comes from a rich family but he insists of going the right way. Wan Deok thought his teacher was in trouble at home accidentally fractured Dong Joo's ribs. It was a joke when Dong Joo has to be hospitalized because of a student!
Suk Hee decides to return back to Wan Deok's father and reunited again as a family. Their nosy cranky neighbor joins them for dinner and even his sister got hooked up with Dong Joo.
I must say it's a very nice happy ending movie whereby it gives hope and aspirations for those in despair. Some scenes were ridiculously funny as Wan Deok prays to God in church asking Dong Joo to be killed off since he was an irritating teacher. He even threatens God that if his prayers are not answered, instead he will go to Buddha. LOL!
Some people have confused the name Wan Deok-i to Man-deok-i instead.
In fact the movie is based on a novel however some characters were introduced in the film to make it more interesting. Kim Yun Seok and Yoo Ah In won some awards for this movie.
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