| Like a Virgin | |
|---|---|
| Hangul | 천하장사 마돈나 |
| Hanja | 天下壯士 마돈나 |
| RR | Cheonhajangsa Madonna |
| MR | Ch'ŏnhachangsa Madonna |
| Directed by | Lee Hae-joon Lee Hae-yeong |
| Produced by | Cha Seung-jae Kim Mi-hee |
| Written by | Lee Hae-joon Lee Hae-yeong |
| Starring | Ryu Deok-hwan Baek Yoon-sik Lee Eon Lee Sang-ah Kim Yoon-seok |
| Music by | Kim Hong-jib |
| Cinematography | Jo Young-gyu |
| Editing by | Nam Na-yeong |
| Distributed by | CJ Entertainment |
| Release date(s) | 31 August 2006 |
| Running time | 116 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Budget | US$2.5 million |
Like a Virgin (literally "Strong Man Under Heaven Madonna") is a 2006 South Korean film, written and directed by Lee Hae-joon and Lee Hae-yeong. Ryu Deok-hwan stars in the lead role as transgendered teenager Oh Dong-ku, and was nominated for the Asia Pacific Screen Award Best Performance by an Actor. The film's English title is a reference to a Madonna song of the same name.
Chubby high school student and Madonna-devotee Oh Dong-ku believes herself to be a woman trapped in a man's body. Living with her abusive, alcoholic father, Dong-ku works part-time and saves her money for the sex change surgery she craves. Despite being told that she has the perfect physique for ssireum, Dong-ku has no interest in taking up sports, but when she finds out about an upcoming ssireum tournament with a large cash prize going to the winner, she changes her mind and signs up for the team.