The movie starring Jung Ji-hun, a singer and actor who performs under the stage name of Rain, disappeared from theaters quickly. "Race to Freedom" ignored Um's miserable twilight years. He was arrested and jailed for selling dozens of stolen bicycles. But his post-retirement life was far from heroic. He made his fellow Koreans extremely proud. He was the first Korean to grab a cycling championship title and defeated many Japanese rivals. Um (1892-1951) won several major cycling championships during the 1910-45 Japanese occupation of Korea. Movie fans mocked it, calling it "kook-ppong" (an exaggerated story to trigger nationalistic sentiment from the public). Singer-actor Jung Ji-hun, center, better known ashis stage name Rain, in a scene from the 2019 film "Race to Freedom: Um Bok Dong" / Courtesy of Entertainment Celltrionįilmmakers asked to be prudent when making historical moviesÄirector Kim Yu-sung's biopic "Race to Freedom: Um Bok Dong" was met with derision in March last year, shortly after the movie about Korea's greatest cyclist hit local theaters.
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