A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
July 1, 2009
Original Title:
킹콩을 들다
Alternate Titles:
Lifting
Lifting King Kong
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
CJ Entertainment
CL Entertainment
Michigan Venture Capital
Mirovision
Next Entertainment World
RG Enterworks
Production Countries:
South Korea
Ratings / Certifications:
JP: G KR: ALL
Runtime: 120
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.
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Adaptation:
Im Yong-jae
Co-Executive Producer:
Kwak Kyung-taek
Costume Design:
Kim Eun-suk
Director:
Park Gun-yong
Executive Producer:
Lee Kang-bok
Lighting Director:
Hwang Sun-wook
Line Producer:
Kim Ji-eun
Music Director:
Kim Jun-seok
Production Design:
Lee Na-gyeom
Writer:
Park Gun-yong
Bae Se-young
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