Punch Lady (Peon-chi le-i-di) (2007)

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"Ha-Eun’s husband Joo-Chang is a mixed martial arts champion who regularly beats her up at home. Ha-Eun decides she cannot take it any longer and, in a spur of passion, publicly challenges Joo-Chang to a duel in the ring. For a Korean movie about domestic violence, I did not expect this to be a comedy which I found slightly disturbing because the scenes in which Joo-Chang hits his wife is horrific to watch. The movie's theme is neither revenge nor justice but of a woman's route to self discove"