Glove (2011)

Original title

글러브

Directed by

Kang Woo-suk

Genre

drama film, sport film

Country

South Korea

Runtime

2h 24m

Rated

G

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 13 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A disgraced baseball player is sent to coach a team of deaf and hard of hearing students. He learns to connect with them through the sport and helps them pursue their dreams.

poignantinspiringwarmmovingsports-focusedbittersweetquietly upliftingunderdog

What happens

Glove (Korean: 글러브) is a 2011 South Korean sports drama film directed by Kang Woo-suk based on a true story. The film stars Jung Jae-young as Sang-nam, a fading baseball star who is forced to coach kids at a school for the deaf and hard of hearing after a drunken fiasco. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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