Jump Ashin! (2011)

Original title

翻滾吧！阿信

Directed by

Lin Yu-Hsien

Genre

sport film

Country

Taiwan

Runtime

2h 06m

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 27 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man in Taiwan struggles through a rebellious youth and later bets on a tough comeback to become a gymnast. The story follows his real-life journey as he faces setbacks and must push himself to follow his dream.

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What happens

Jump Ashin! is a Taiwanese film directed by Lin Yu-Hsien and stars Eddie Peng, Lawrence Ko, and Zaizai Lin. It is based on the true story of a gymnastics coach, Yu-Shin Lin, who is Lin Yu-Hsien’s brother, about his rebellious youth and the difficult comeback journey to pursue his dream as a gymnast. The film is a follow-up of Lin Yu-Hsien’s documentary Jump! Boys (2004) about the gymnastics team his brother coached in an elementary school in Yilan. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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