Fighter In The Wind was garbage. What really disappointed me is that the subject matter is so interesting, and a really good movie COULD have been made out of it, but the story is largely treated with all the flair and sensibility of a teen drama. You could argue this is fitting in the earlier parts of the film, which COVER Bae-dal's teenage years, but even then the story is too heavy and serious to be treated so lightly.
Oh, that, and the soundtrack. The soundtrack was *awful*.
I would point out Arahan as a truly great Korean martial arts film. Like City of Violence, it wears it's influences heavily on it's sleeve and successfully makes any cribbed material it's own. Meaning, it's obvious where something has been cribbed from a cinematic influence, but it's executed in such a way as to make the material new and/or different. A Bittersweet Life is also fantastic flick, though it is less referential towards martial arts films and takes more after noir flicks and John Woo movies. Very highly recommended films.
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