<Punch Strike> is a story about Mina’s delightful, joyful and vivid high school life. Mina one-sidedly loves Chang-min, a handsome boy from a kickboxing club and has a close friendship with Frank and lively Ju-hee. One day Mina’s ordinary school life is broken at the moment when a teacher nicknamed ‘Mad Dog’ slaps her on the cheek in front of many students including Chang-min. ‘Mad Dog’ always uses violence and gives speeches and behaves in a way to sexually...more

<Punch Strike> is a story about Mina’s delightful, joyful and vivid high school life. Mina one-sidedly loves Chang-min, a handsome boy from a kickboxing club and has a close friendship with Frank and lively Ju-hee. One day Mina’s ordinary school life is broken at the moment when a teacher nicknamed ‘Mad Dog’ slaps her on the cheek in front of many students including Chang-min. ‘Mad Dog’ always uses violence and gives speeches and behaves in a way to sexually humiliate the girl students. Mina, Ju-hee and Young-ju, decide between themselves to take revenge on him. ‘Mad Dog’ is so hateful that the students’ rebellion is justified and talking about the status of a teacher is difficult in the film. It also has fast dramatic development, well-organized structure and a strong power to capture our attention. &lt; Punch Strike &gt; is the first feature film by director RYOU Eun-jung who previously has made several short films including “Smoke-flavored Life”. (KIM Sunah)less