Taglines: He fights like a man so he can become a woman.
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 sets out to master the most masculine and lethal sport of 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.
Beautiful Boxer (2005)
Directed by: Ekachai Uekrongtham
Starring: Asanee Suwan, Nukkid Boonthong, Parinya Charoenphol, Sorapong Chatree, Yuka Hyodo, Kyoko Inoue, Keagan Kang, Erik Markus Schuetz, Sitiporn Niyom
Screenplay by: Ekachai Uekrongtham, Desmond Sim Jin
Cinematography by: Choochart Nantitanyatada
Art Direction by: Phuttiphong Aroonpheng
Makeup Department: Kraisorn Sampethchareon
Music by: Bruno Brugnano, Amornbhong Methakunavudh
Distributed by: Regent Releasing
Release Date: January 21, 2005
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