Race to Freedom: Uhm Bok-dong () is a 2019 South Korean biographical drama film directed and written by Kim Yoo-sung. It stars Rain as a legendary cyclist Uhm Bok-dong.
This film was a critical and commercial failure, and is considered to be one of the worst South Korean films ever made.
Plot Based on the true story of famed cyclist Uhm Bok-dong, who became a symbol of pride for Koreans when he defeated Japanese cyclists and won the championship in a bicycle race which took place during the Japanese colonial rule of Korea.
Cast Rain as Uhm Bok-dong Kang So-ra as Kim Hyung-shin Lee Beom-soo as Hwang Jae-ho Min Hyo-rin as Kyeong-ja Shin Cheol-jin as Oil Shop Owner Jo Seo-hoo as Miki Oh Min-ae as Sang-goong Park Jin-joo as Bong-seon Ko Chang-seok as Ahn Do-min Lee Geung-young as Um Bok-dong's father Lee Si-eon as Lee Hong-dae Lee Won-jong as Choi Jae-pil Hwang Hee as Long sword provost officer
Production Principal photography began on April 18, 2017, and wrapped on September 29, 2017.
Reception The film was considered widely among Korean audiences as a massive flop, and a meme about the film having attracted the lowest audiences in South Korean film has given birth to a meme that uses the number of people who watched the film, which was about 170,000, as a unit called 'UBD".
Controversy The film got into a controversy because of Um's past as a thief.
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