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A thai man asanee suwan who wants to have a sexchange operation becomes a champion kickboxer. Based on the true story of thailands famed transgender kickboxer, beautiful boxer is a poignant action drama that punches straight into the heart and mind of a boy who fights like a. Full episodes of beautiful boxer english sub viewasian. And much of that success is due to the towering performance by asanee suwan in his acting debut. Rent beautiful boxer 2005 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. If rocky and million dollar baby were crossed together, you would get something like beautiful boxer, but it is much more. Biopic of transgender muay thai boxer parinya charoenphol who pursued the sport to pay for her sex change operation. A sequel of a popular thai film with a lesbian theme, yes or no 2 picks up from where the original left off. It tells the life story of parinya charoenphol, a famous kathoey trans woman, muay thai fighter, actress and model.
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