61 minSeason 1 • Episode 16
LatestDown to their final games and with much on the line, Hae-kang, Woo-chan and Se-yoon give it their all despite the odds being stacked against them.
A city kid is brought to the countryside by his father's new coaching gig: reviving a ragtag middle school badminton team on the brink of extinction.
Acting
The kid ensemble? Actually delivers. No cringe, all heart.
Writing
Sports drama that bothers with parents' lives too. Rare.
Cinematography
Rural Korea so gorgeous you'll Google 'countryside real estate'.
Tang Joon-sang
Yoon Hae-kang
Son Sang-yeon
Bang Yoon-dam
Kim Kang-hoon
Lee Yong-tae
Choi Hyun-wook
Na Woo-chan
Lee Jae-in
Han Se-yoon
Lee Ji-won
Lee Han-sol
Kim Sang-kyung
Yoon Hyeon-jong
Oh Na-ra
Ra Young-ja
Ahn Se-bin
Yoon Hae-in
Cha Mi-kyeong
Grandmother Ome
Woo Hyeon
Village Head Hong
Jeong Min-sung
City Husband
Park Hyo-ju
City Wife
Kim Min-ki
Jeong In-sol
Ahn Nae-sang
Director Pang
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Badminton dominates Asian sports dramas because it's cheap to film—yet this one made shuttlecock physics genuinely cinematic.
The boarding house mom's arc mirrors Korea's real 'working mom' crisis; her convenience store scenes were improvised based on the actor's own mother.
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