Monday 2 April 2012

As One



As One

Revised romanization: Korea
Hangul: 코리아
Director: Moon Hyun-Sung
Writer: Yoo Young-Ha, Kwon Sung-Hwi
Producer: Lee Soo-Nam, Kim Ji-Hoon, Lee Han-Seung, Byul Jong-Eun
Cinematographer:
Release Date: May 3, 2012
Runtime: 127 min.
Genre: Drama
Distributor: CJ E&M
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea

Synopsis:
Table tennis player Hyun Jung-Hwa (Ha Ji-Won) wins silver medals, but always comes up short in the gold medal matches against a rival Chinese table tennis player. One month prior to the 1991 World Table Tennis Championships in Chiba, Hyun Jung-Hwa hears that a single Korean table tennis will be formed from South and North Korea. The South Korean players and its coach oppose the idea. Despite the opposition, the united Korean table tennis team is formed.
Players from South and North Korea meet at a training camp in Chiba, Japan. They are forced to become one team, but from their practice routines, to how they talk and how they live all cause clashes. Top North Korean table tennis player Lee Boon-Hee (Bae Doo-Na) and Hyun Jung-Hwa enter a war of nerves. The World Table Tennis Championships is fast approaching, but the Korean team can't even get along. Finally, the 1991 World Table Tennis Championships begins ...

Cast:
Ha Ji Won as Hyun Jung-Hwa 
Bae Doo Na as Lee Boon-Hee 
Choi Yoon Young as Yeon-Jung 
Han Ye Ri as Soon-Bok 
Oh Jung Se as Doo-Man 
Park Cheol Min as Coach Lee 
Lee Jong Suk as Choi Kyung-Sub 
Kim Eung Soo as Jo Nam-Poong 
Park Young Seo as Choo Il-Sung
Park Jung Hak as Commander Jang (North Korean)
Kim Jae Hwa as Chinese table tennis player
Cheon Woo Hee as Hyun Jung-Hwa's younger sister
Paul Stafford as Matthew (UK announcer)


































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