Lifting King Kong (2009)

7.0/10 • 120 min • Drama

Overview

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.

Cast

Lee Beom-soo

Jo An

Moon Choi

Kim Min-young

Byun Hee-bong

School Superintendent

Ki Joo-bong

Director Baek (cameo)

Ahn Yong-jun

Lim Seung-dae

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