Forty years ago, a homeless Korean immigrant built an Orlando martial arts empire. In 1987, he recruited his devoted students to act as amateur cast and crew for his illfated action movie, Miami Connection, which follows a TaeKwondo themed synth rock band in their battle against drugdealing motorcycle ninjas.

In the inaugural episode of OUTSIDER, a show that uncovers the singular minds behind the world's strangest movies, VICE investigates the fall and rise of this misfired masterpiece.

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