Lifting King Kong (2009)
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
Lee Ji-bong
Jo An
Park Young-ja
Moon Choi
Seo Yeo-soon
Kim Min-young
Lee Bo-young
Byun Hee-bong
School Superintendent
Ki Joo-bong
Director Baek (cameo)
Ahn Yong-jun
In-ho
Lim Seung-dae
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