The main character(s) in both movies came from an extreme poor childhood. It takes a good person to help bring out a talented resilience star. Success comes with tough training, hardship, challenges, pressure and sacrify. Both has fight, ring fight genre.
Both movies will capture your hearts. Man became woman. People can be cruel. It takes a strong mind and will to stay alive in this cruel and harsh society
Both male lead are fighter, boxer. Both got into the sport for money, the competition got tougher, and tougher. Physical pain, internal struggle, brutal,
The Japanese one has romance, the Thai one about transvestite in boxing. Both has kickboxing. Tough but strong fighter. Both remain in the ring for money.
Both young man in the movies found meaning in the boxing sport. Both grew up poor, really struggle with life. The sport train them to be tougher, train hard, fight hard, self defense, friendship etc
Talking about boxing. Both young men found the passion in the boxing sport. The training was hard. So many up and down. Perseverance. Mentor. Talent, sacrify, inspirstion
Both have boxing team. Both male lead had tough training, struggle, up and down in life, come to self realization, competition, physically pain, emotionally tourment.