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Like a Virgin

Hangul	천하장사 마돈나
RR	Cheonhajangsa madonna
Directed by	Lee Hae-joon Lee Hae-yeong
Produced by	Cha Seung-jae Kim Mi-hee
Written by	Lee Hae-joon Lee Hae-yeong
Starring	Ryu Deok-hwan Baek Yoon-sik Lee Eon Lee Sang-ah Kim Yoon-seok
Music by	Kim Hong-jib
Cinematography	Jo Young-gyu
Editing by	Nam Na-yeong
Distributed by	CJ Entertainment
Release date(s)	31 August 2006
Running time	116 mins.
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean
Budget	US$2.5 million

Like a Virgin (Hangul: 천하장사 마돈나; RR: Cheonhajangsa madonna; literally "Madonna the Atlas") is a 2006 South Korean film, written and directed by Lee Hae-joon and Lee Hae-yeong. Ryu Deok-hwan stars in the lead role as transgendered teenager Oh Dong-ku, and was nominated for the Asia Pacific Screen Award Best Performance by an Actor. The film's English title is a reference to a Madonna song of the same name.

Plot summary

Chubby high school student and Madonna-devotee Oh Dong-ku believes himself to be a woman trapped in a man's body. Living with his abusive, alcoholic father, Dong-ku works part-time and saves his money for the sex change surgery he craves. Despite being told that he has the perfect physique for ssireum, Dong-ku has no interest in taking up sports, but when he finds out about an upcoming ssireum tournament with a large cash prize going to the winner, he changes his mind and signs up for the team.