Glove (film)

Glove
Glove
	Film poster
Korean name
Hangul	글러브
Revised Romanization	Geulreobeu
McCune–Reischauer	Kŭlrŏbŭ
Directed by	Kang Woo-suk
Written by	Kim Kee-bum
Produced by	Katharine Kim; Jung Sun-young
Starring	Jung Jae-young; Yoo Sun
Cinematography	Kim Yong-heung; Lee Bong-joo
Edited by	Ko Im-pyo
Music by	Jo Yeong-wook
Distributed by	CJ Entertainment
Release date	January 20, 2011;
Running time	144 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean
Box office	US$12,188,145

Glove (Korean: 글러브; RR: Geulreobeu) is a 2011 South Korean sports drama film directed by Kang Woo-suk based on a true story.^[2] After a drunken fiasco, fading baseball star Sang-nam is forced to coach kids at a school for the deaf and hard of hearing, but the publicity stunt eventually becomes an opportunity of a lifetime.^[3]^[4] The film was released to South Korean cinemas on January 20 and went on to receive 1,890,406 admissions nationwide during its run in theaters.^[5]

Plot

Kim Sang-nam (Jung Jae-young), a hot-tempered professional baseball player, is sent to the countryside to coach a team of deaf and hard of hearing players in order to avoid media coverage of his recent involvement in an assault case. At first, Sang-nam has a difficult time imagining how he can teach baseball to a group of boys who can't hear, but as he spends time with them he starts to believe that they can play the game. Motivated, Sang-nam decides to help them prepare for the nationals. As Sang-nam trains them, he forms bonds with the players, as well as with the music teacher and baseball manager Ms. Na (Yoo Sun). But things don't go the way Kim plans and their difficulties communicating with one another exacerbates the situation.^[6]

Cast

Jung Jae-young as Kim Sang-nam
Yoo Sun as Na Joo-won
Kang Shin-il as Vice Principal
Cho Jin-woong as Charles
Kim Hye-seong as Jang Dae-geun
Lee Hyun-woo as Kim Jin-man
Jang Ki-bum as Cha Myeong-jae
Kwon Eun-soo as Sang-mi
Kim Mi-kyung as nun principal
Kim Dong-yeong as Jo Jang-hyeok
Ji Il-joo as Oh Cheol-jin
Jo Chan-hyeong as Lee Cheol-seung
Jeong Gyoo-soo as police chief at police sub-station
Jeon Kook-hwan as group leader Goo
Jo Kyeong-sook as Myeong-jae's mother
Lee Hae-yeong as professional baseball player
Oh Hee-joon as Bully
Jin Kyung as Nun teacher

References

^ "GLove". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-10-30.
^ Ki, Sun-min (18 January 2011). "Director of thrillers finds softer side". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 2012-11-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ Lee, Hyo-won (13 January 2011). "Glove pitches for love of the game". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
^ "Glove to see overseas distribution". The Korea Times. 17 February 2011. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
^ "Final Korean Box Office for the Week-end 2011.03.11 ~ 2011.03.13". Hancinema. 15 March 2011. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
^ "2011.1.14 NOW PLAYING". Korea JoongAng Daily. 14 January 2011. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 2012-11-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

External links

Official website (in Korean)
GLove at Naver (in Korean)
GLove at HanCinema
GLove at the Korean Movie Database (in Korean)
GLove at IMDb

[1] "GLove". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-10-30.

[2] Ki, Sun-min (18 January 2011). "Director of thrillers finds softer side". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 2012-11-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[3] Lee, Hyo-won (13 January 2011). "Glove pitches for love of the game". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2012-11-18.

[4] "Glove to see overseas distribution". The Korea Times. 17 February 2011. Retrieved 2012-11-18.

[5] "Final Korean Box Office for the Week-end 2011.03.11 ~ 2011.03.13". Hancinema. 15 March 2011. Retrieved 2012-11-18.

[6] "2011.1.14 NOW PLAYING". Korea JoongAng Daily. 14 January 2011. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 2012-11-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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