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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

July 1, 2009

Original language

Korean

Spoken languages

korean

Countries

South Korea

Production

CJ Entertainment,Next Entertainment World,Michigan Venture Capital,Mirovision,RG Enterworks,CL Entertainment,Next Entertainment World, Michigan Venture Capital, Mirovision, RG Enterworks, CL Entertainment, CJ Entertainment

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt1468337