As One (2012)

Original title

코리아

Directed by

Moon Hyun-sung

Genre

drama film, biographical film, sport film

Country

South Korea

Runtime

2h 07m

Rated

14A

Rating

7.7 of 10 from 53 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two Korean table tennis players from North and South must form a unified team for the 1991 World Championships. They overcome their differences and political tensions to compete for a gold medal.

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What happens

As One (Korean: 코리아; RR: Koria; lit. 'Korea') is a 2012 South Korean sports drama film starring Ha Ji-won and Bae Doona. It is a cinematic retelling of the first ever post-war Unified Korea sports team which won the women's team gold medal at the 1991 World Table Tennis Championships in Chiba, Japan. Director Moon Hyun-sung used the foundation of true events to tell the story of a team that united a divided nation for the first time in its painful history. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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