Lifting King Kong (2009)

Original title: 킹콩을 들다 · Released 2009-07-01 · 120 min · Drama · Rated All ages

Lee Ji-Bong is a former Olympics bronze medalist for weight-lifting, but a career-ending injury from the games forces him into early retirement. Unable to find another vocation, he becomes destitute. Down and out, he ends up working at a shady nightclub passing out flyers until he is visited by his former coach who insists he begin a career as a coach at a high school. There, he forms a weight-lifting team comprised of a rag-tag group of outcasts.

Directed by

Park Gun-yong (박건용)

Written by

Bae Se-young (배세영), Park Gun-yong (박건용), 임용재 (임용재), Lee Sung-hwan (이성환), Jeong Ik-hwan (정익환)

Editing

Shin Min-kyung (신민경)

Music

Kim Jun-seok (김준석)

Produced by

Han Gil-ro (한길로)

Cast

• Lee Beom-soo (이범수) as Lee Ji-bong
• Jo An (조안) as Park Young-ja
• Kim Min-young (김민영) as Lee Bo-young
• 이범석 (이범석) as 88캐스터
• Woo Hyeon (우현) as Head teacher
• Moon Choi (최희서) as Seo Yeo-soon
• Byun Hee-bong (변희봉) as School Superintendent
• Shin Jung-keun (신정근) as Big brother
• Ki Joo-bong (기주봉) as Director Baek (cameo)
• Song Jae-hee (송재희) as 웨이터
• 박준규 (박준규) as 교장
• 박진희 (박진희) as 기내승무원

Companies

RG Enterworks, CL entertainment, Inc., Next Entertainment World, Mirovision Inc.

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