Bronze Medalist

Original Title: 킹콩을 들다

Release Date: 2009-07-01

Runtime: 120 min

Genres: Drama

Language: KO

Rating: ⭐ 7 / 10

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

Kim San

Shim Sang-hwan