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.
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Beautiful Boxer
Starring: Asanee Suwan, Nukkid Boonthong, Parinya Charoenphol, Sorapong Chatree, Yuka Hyodo, Kyoko Inoue, Keagan Kang, Erik Markus Schuetz, Sitiporn Niyom
Directed by: Ekachai Uekrongtham
Screenplay by: Ekachai Uekrongtham, Desmond Sim Jin
Release Date: January 21st, 2005
MPAA Rating: Not Rated.
Distributor: Regent Releasing
Box Office Totals
Domestic: $133,920 (21.0%)
Foreign: $504,397 (79.0%)
Total: $638,317 (Worldwide)