The Foul King (2000)

Raw, heartwarming, innocent, determination, poverty driven, family, harsh-life, reality, sport, pain, hurt, strength,

Mask, masks, mask to cover the real emotional face, the painful face. The real face behind see the world, see the love one,. The art of mask to please the others, to entertain others. Sweat behind the mask is the fresh and real.,

Wrestling, arm wrestling, strength, practice, determination, winning, Love, harsh reality life, money, pain, poverty, Love, survivor,

Sport, the will power, the poverty, the unfortunate, the winning, the courage, the painful past, the strength, determination, desperation, the lowest low moment, the light

Both has ring fight. Illegal underground brutal deadly bloody fight. Feel painful for the main leads. Poverty, investigation, black market

Both has ring fight. Chinese one more kung fu martial art, Korean one more like wrestling. Both were underground bloody, money involved, illegal fight

Boxing, slice of life, and comedy... what more can you ask for!
Both ML protagonist want to escape reality and the mundane life. After working a corporate job hey then decide to pick up a new hobby wrestling. They end up overcoming their fears are constantly being the punching bag of others and finding their true passion.