Basketball

Description

A drama set in 1940s during the Japanese occupation years, it will tell about the love, conflicts, harmony, and victory that youths experience with basketball as their light and hope under Japanese colonial rule up till when the country was divided into two after gaining independence. The story will center around Kang San who grew up poor in a tiny village and finds success through basketball; he makes it all the way to the historic 1948 Olympic team that advanced to the quarterfinal round in Korea’s first and last single national team before the peninsula divided into North and South.

Country: Korean

Status: completed

Released: 2013

Genre: Drama, Historical, melodrama, Romance, Sports

Cast: Ahn Seok Hwan, Choi Chang Kyun, Do Ji Han, Elijah Lee, Gong Hyeong Jin, Ha Yong Jin, Jang Hee Soo, Jang Jae Ho, Jeong Dong Hyeon, Jeong In Seon, Jeong Kyeong Hoon, Jeong Se Hyeong, Jeong Seung Gyo, Ji Il Joo, Jin Kyeong, Jo Hee Bong, Kang Kyeong Hun, Kang Nam Gil, Kang Seong Min, Kim Bo Mi, Kim Eung Soo, Kim Hyeok, Kim Soo Hyeon, Kim Yoon Joo, Ko In Beom, Lee Han Wi, Lee Jeong Jin, Lee Min Ji, Oh Ji Ho, Pak Wang Jae, Park Ah Seong, Park Geon, Park Soon Cheon, Son Beom Joon, Yeeun