Lifting King Kong

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.

Directed by Park Gun-yong

Top 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

Doctor

K

Kim San

Shim Sang-hwan

Park Joon-geum

Principal

Woo Hyeon

Head teacher

Shin Jung-keun

Big brother

Lee Ru-ahn

Seo Young-ran

Song Jae-hee

Waiter

C

Choi Sung-woong

Local notable

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