Lifting King Kong(2009)
Lift up the world!
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.
Movie: Lifting King Kong
Top 9 Billed Cast
Lee Ji-bong
Park Young-ja
Seo Yeo-soon
Lee Bo-young
School Superintendent
Director Baek (cameo)
In-ho
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