The Tenor – Lirico Spinto

The Tenor – Lirico Spinto is a 2014 South Korean-Japanese musical biographical drama film directed by Kim Sang-man.

This film telling about chronicling the life of South Korean tenor Bae Jae-chul who performed in numerous European operas, but lost his voice at the peak of his career due to thyroid cancer.

However, after enduring a long period of painful rehabilitation, with the help of his wife Yoon-hee as well as his longtime friend and Japanese producer Koji Sawada, Bae regained his singing ability and half his vocal range.

At first, BAE, who was already doing great, did not show much interest in Kohji’s proposal, but, later on, moves the audience’s hearts by singing passionately on the Japanese stage.

The film's early working title was Miracle, but director Kim Sang-man changed it because he thought it disclosed the ending, while he hoped the unfamiliar term lirico spinto would arouse Korean viewers' curiosity.