Beautiful Boxer: Drama-action. Starring Asanee Suwan. Directed by Ekachai Uekrongtham. Written by Uekrongtham and Desmond Sim Kim Jin. (Not rated. 118 minutes. In Thai and English with English ...

As “Beautiful Boxer” opens, director Ekachai Uekrongtham cuts back and forth between images of a well-muscled young boxer preparing for a match and a graceful young woman putting on a glamorous ...

Nong Toom, Thailand's most famous -- and only -- transgender kickboxing champion, swept into a Los Angeles restaurant recently wearing high- heeled boots, tight jeans and a form-fitting beige and pink ...

“Beautiful Boxer” may sound like the alternate title to “Million Dollar Baby,” but the fighter of the title happens to be a man. At least he starts out that way. This polished but not always ...

BANGKOK — GMM Pictures, the latest Thai studio to enter the film scene, is already attracting international attention with its first film project, “Beautiful Boxer,” based on the true story of ...

Nong Toom prances around the ring waiting to land another punch or kick on her male opponent as her black, glossy hair, pulled back in a pony-tail, swings to and fro. Despite the detached look on her ...

IT'S NO EASY thing to penetrate the perfumed world of Parinya Charoenphol, Thailand's - and probably the world's - only transsexual kickboxing champion. There's the frantic rounds of interviews to ...