Birth of a Man (Korean: 남자 태어나다; RR: Namja Taeeonada) is a 2002 South Korean film starring Jung Joon, Hong Kyung-in and Yeo Hyun-soo.

The team was helped by a legendary Korean boxer Hong Soo-hwan regarding the boxing scenes in the film.

[1] To accomplish the 99-year-old grandfather's dream of sending young people to university, three men practice boxing to enroll as a boxing student for university.

[2] The film was pulled out in a day from theaters citing low performances despite being well received by 10,000 people in its test screening.

The decision to pull out only in a day was criticized,[3] and some even made an internet community for the movie to be offered more screenings.