This true story retells the incredible tale of the 2012 National High School Basketball Championship, in which a new coach and six players from the weakest basketball team ran nonstop for eight days.
Acting
Ahn Jae-hong's exhausted desperation feels lived-in, not performed.
Direction
Chang Hang-jun makes training montages feel like psychological warfare.
Editing
The eight-day run sequences collapse time without losing exhaustion.
Director
Chang Hang-jun
Ahn Jae-hong
Kang Yang-hyun
Lee Sin-young
Cheon Gi-beom
Jeong Jin-woon
Bae Gyu-hyuk
Kim Taek
Hong Sun-gyu
Jung Gun-joo
Jung Kang-ho
Kim Min
Heo Jae-yoon
Ahn Ji-ho
Jung Jin-wook
Lee Jun-hyeok
Teacher Lee
Kim Soo-jin
Gyu-hyuk's Mother
Kang Ae-sim
Principal's Wife
Min Moo-je
Gi-beom's Father
Choi Jung-yoon
Gi-beom's Mother
Bae Seong-il
Teacher 1
Kang Shin-chul
Teacher 2
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Busan Jungang High team had only six players because the rest quit after their first crushing loss. The film keeps this detail.
South Korea's high school basketball tournament is nationally televised, making last-place teams public embarrassments—this film captures that specific humiliation.
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